Autonomous or partially autonomous motor vehicles with automated risk-controlled systems and corresponding method thereof

ABSTRACT

Aspects of the disclosure include a first risk-transfer system, a second risk-transfer system, and an expert-system based circuit. The first risk-transfer system is configured to provide a first risk-transfer based on first risk-transfer parameters from a plurality of motor vehicles to the first risk-transfer system, and receive and store first payment parameters associated with risk exposures of the plurality of motor vehicles. The second risk-transfer system is configured to provide a second risk-transfer based on second risk-transfer parameters from the first risk-transfer system to the second risk-transfer system, and receive and store second payment parameters associated with risk exposures transferred to the first risk-transfer systems. The expert-system based circuit is configured to receive environmental parameters and operating parameters from the plurality of motor vehicles, adjust the first risk transfer parameters and correlated first payment transfer parameters, and adjust the second risk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transfer parameters.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/EP2016/064758 filed on Jun. 24, 2016; the entire contents of whichare incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to autonomous vehicle driving, inparticular to automated system for automated data capturing, operationaldata generation, risk assessment, and risk prediction in the field ofautonomous vehicle driving or Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)systems, which technically support the driver in the driving process.More particular, the system of the present invention automotive orautomotive engineered motor vehicles, as for example cars. Typically,they comprise a safe Human-Machine Interface (HMI), and increase carsafety and more generally road safety. Autonomous vehicle drivingsystems may allow to partially automate or completely automate cardriving, and autonomous vehicles may operate with little or no inputfrom a human. However, also autonomous vehicle driving systems andvehicles with ADAS systems are exposed to risks, while driving from onepoint to another point. The present invention is further directed torisk assessment in the context of such autonomous vehicle drivingsystems and/or vehicles with ADAS system supported driving facilities,with telematics based automated risk-transfer, alert and real-timenotification systems for motor vehicles and wireless technology used inthe context of telematics. Especially, the invention relates tomachine-learning based automotive car systems. The term telematics, inparticular traffic telematics, refers to systems that are used forcommunications, instrumentation and control, and information technologyin the field of transportation. More particular, the present inventionrelates to the use of telematics together with real-timerisk-monitoring, automated risk-transfer and insurance systems based oncaptured and measured usage-based and/or user-based automotive data, inparticular to systems enabled to trigger, signal, and mutually activatecoupled first and second insurance system (risk-transfer tiers)providing a self-sufficient, automated risk protection for a variablenumber of risk exposed motor vehicles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Automotive engineering is a relatively new technological field,especially for car driving. Autonomous car driving (also so calleddriverless car, self-driving car, robotic car) is associated withvehicles that are capable of sensing its environment and navigatingwithout human input. Autonomous vehicles are capable of detectingsurroundings using radar, LIDAR (measuring device to measure distancesby means of laser light), GPS (Global Positioning System), odometry(measuring device for measuring changings in position over time by meansof using motion sensor data), and computer vision. In autonomous cars,advanced control systems interpret sensory information to identifyappropriate navigation paths, as well as obstacles and relevant signage.Autonomous cars have control systems that are capable of analyzingsensory data to distinguish between different cars on the road, which isvery useful in planning a path to the desired destination. Early trialsfor autonomous car driving systems date back to the 1920s and 30s.However, the first self-sufficient (i.e., truly autonomous) carsappeared in the 1980s, with Carnegie Mellon University's Navlab and ALVprojects in 1984 and Mercedes-Benz and Bundeswehr University Munich'sEureka Prometheus Project in 1987. Since then, numerous major companiesand research organizations have developed working prototype autonomousvehicles. Recently, Tesla Motors has pushed driverless car technologywith its autopilot system. Most previous systems required the driver tomaintain hands on the steering wheel whereas Tesla allows for periods oftime without. Another upcoming system is Cadillac's super cruise thatwill not require the driver to maintain hands on the wheel. An overviewof the development is given by FIG. 1.

Apart from autonomous car driving, automotive engineering is, in fact,more common for aerospace engineering and marine engineering, than forvehicle engineering. Though, automotive engineering comprises similartechnical means in the different fields, it does not completely overlap.Automotive car engineering comprises elements of mechanical, electrical,electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the design,manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles and trucks andtheir respective engineering subsystems. One important aspect ofautomotive engineering is related to safety engineering: Safetyengineering is the assessment of various crash scenarios and theirimpact on the vehicle occupants. These are tested against very stringentregulatory or governmental regulations. Some of these requirementsinclude: seat belt and air bag functionality testing, front and sideimpact testing, and tests of rollover resistance. Assessments are donewith various methods and tools, including computer crash simulation(typically finite element analysis), crash test dummies, and partialsystem sled and full vehicle crashes. Other important aspects ofautomotive engineering relate, for example, to (i) fueleconomy/emissions optimization systems, (ii) vehicle dynamicsoptimization (vehicle dynamics is the vehicle's response of attributesas e.g. ride, handling, steering, braking, comfort and traction), (iii)NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) engineering (i.e. the customer'sfeedback systems both tactile (felt) and audible (heard)) from thevehicle, (iv) vehicle electronics engineering, in particular automotiveelectronics engineering, which systems are responsible for operationalcontrols such as the throttle, brake and steering controls; as well ascomfort and convenience systems such as the HVAC (heating, ventilating,and air conditioning) systems, infotainment systems, and lightingsystems. Automotive systems with modern safety and fuel economyrequirements are not possible without electronic controls, (v)performance control system (e.g. how quickly a car can accelerate (e.g.standing start 100 m elapsed time, 0-100 km/h, etc.), top speed, howshort and quickly a car can come to a complete stop from a set speed(e.g. 50-0 km/h), how much g-force a car can generate without losinggrip, recorded lap times, cornering speed, brake fade, or the amount ofcontrol in inclement weather (snow, ice, rain)), (vi) shift qualitysystems (driveline, suspension, engine and power-train mounts, etc.),(vii) durability and corrosion engineering including controls undermileage accumulation, severe driving conditions, and corrosive saltbaths etc., (viii) package/ergonomics engineering, as occupant's accessto the steering wheel, pedals, and other driver/passenger controls, (ix)climate control, as windshield defrosting or heating and coolingcapacity, (x) Drivability engineering as e.g. the vehicle's response togeneral driving conditions, e.g. cold starts and stalls, RPM(revolutions per minute) dips, idle response, launch hesitations andstumbles, and performance levels etc., (xi) quality control engineering,as e.g. systems to minimize risks related to product failures andliability claims of automotive electric and electronic systems etc.Finally, an important aspect of autonomous vehicle driving typicallyrelates to modern telematics means and systems. In electronic,telecommunication and insurance industry, the technology is adoptingsimilar and consistent technical strategies to improve the effectivenessof interactions with mobile systems and devices, but also with thecustomer or user of those systems, which today increasingly is a puretechnology component. Further, social networking, telematics,service-oriented architectures (SOA) and usage-based services (UBS) areall in interacting and pushing this development. Social platforms, ase.g. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, offer the ability to improvecustomer interactions and communicate product information. However, thefield of telematics is larger still, as it introduces entirely newpossibilities that align the technical input requirements and problemspecifications of dynamic risk-transfer, technology and mobility. SOAand telematics is becoming key to managing the complexity of integratingknown technologies and new applications.

As mentioned above, autonomous vehicle electronics engineering, whichsystems are responsible for operational controls of the vehicle such asthe throttle, brake controls, steering controls, and lighting systems,is one of the key technologies in automotive car driven. Automotivesystems with modern steering, safety and fuel economy requirements arenot possible without appropriate electronic controls. Typically, the useof telematics means constitutes a central part of the autonomous vehicleelectronics engineering. Telematics, in the context of autonomous cardriving, comprises telecommunications, vehicular technologies, roadtransportation, road safety, electrical engineering (sensors,instrumentation, wireless communications, etc.), and informationtechnology (multimedia, Internet, etc.). Thus, also the technical fieldof telematics are affected by a wide range of technologies as thetechnology of sending, receiving and storing information viatelecommunication devices in conjunction with affecting control onremote objects, the integrated use of telecommunications and informaticsfor application in vehicles and e.g. with control of vehicles on themove, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) technology integratedwith computers and mobile communications technology in automotivenavigation systems. The use of such technology together with roadvehicles is also called vehicle telematics. In particular, telematicstriggers the integration of mobile communications, vehicle monitoringsystems and location technology by allowing a new way of capturing andmonitoring real-time data. Usage-based risk-transfer systems, as e.g.provided by the so called Snapshot technology of the firm Progressive,links risk-transfer compensation or premiums to monitored drivingbehavior and usage information gathered by an in-car telematics device.In relation to automotive car systems, telematics typically furthercomprises installing or embedding telecommunications devices mostly inmobile units, as e.g. cars or other vehicles, to transmit real-timedriving data, which for example can be used by third parties' system, asautomated risk-monitoring and risk-transfer systems, providing theneeded input e.g. to measure the quality and risks, to which the vehicleis exposed to. Various telematics instruments are available in themarket, as e.g. vehicle tracking and global positioning satellite system(GPS) technologies or telecommunications devices that allow to beconnected from almost anywhere. In particular, dynamically monitored andadapted risk-transfer could be imaginable by interconnecting telematicsof the autonomous car driving system with other real-time measuringsystems. After getting involved into a car accident, emergency and roadservices could be automatically activated, vehicle damage assessed, andthe nearest repair shop contacted. In summary, the traditionaloperability of risk-transfer systems and insurance coverage could betransformed to real-time navigation and monitoring, including theautomated activation of concierge service, safe driving tips,video-on-demand for the kids in the backseat, in-car or online feedback,and real-time vehicle diagnostics.

In addition to real-time surveillance, it is to be mentioned, that aninsurance agent may want to exchange information with a customerassociated with insurer for a number of different reasons. However, theinformation exchange between the customer and the insurer and/or theinsurer and the reinsurer mostly is still cumbersome and time-consuming,and thus, risk-transfers provided by such structures typically remainstatic within a fixed time period agreed upon. For example, an existingor potential consumer may access an insurance agent's web page todetermine a yearly or monthly cost of an insurance policy (e.g. hopingto save money or increase a level of protection by selecting a newinsurance company). The consumer may provide basic information to theinsurance agent (e.g. name, a type of business, date of birth,occupation, etc.), and the insurance agent may use this information torequest a premium quote from the insurer. In some cases, the insurerwill simply respond to the insurance agent with a premium quote. Inother cases, however, an underwriter associated with insurer will askthe insurance agent to provide additional information so that anappropriate premium quote can be generated. For example, an underwritermight ask the insurance agent to indicate how often, where and to whichtime a motor vehicle is mainly used or other data as age of the motorvehicle and indented use (transportation etc.). Only after suchadditional information is determined, an appropriate risk analysis canbe performed by the insurer to process adapted underwriting decision,and/or premium pricing.

Autonomous car driving with integrated telematics may offer newtechnological fields, in particular in monitoring and steering by meansof centralized expert systems, as e.g. in the risk-transfer technologyfar more accurate and profitable pricing models provided by suchautomated expert systems. This would create a huge advantage, inparticular for real-time and/or usage-based and/or dynamically operatedsystems. The advantage of such autonomous car driving systems is notrestricted to risk transfer rather as also advantages e.g. in fleets'management that reduce fuel consumption and improve safety etc. etc.Other fields may also benefit from such autonomous car driving systems,as state and local governments needs striving to improve fuelconsumption, emissions and highway safety. Some states, for example,recently issued dynamic pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) regulations, which onthe other side allows insurers to offer drivers insurance rates based onactual versus estimated miles driven. It's a financial incentive todrive less.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is one object of the present invention to provide a dynamicallytriggered, automated automotive car system and method, in particular anexpert-system and/or machine-learning based automotive car system, basedon real-time capturing of automotive data by means of distributed datatransmission devices on autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles. The automated system for autonomous driving motor vehiclesshould be able to capture and monitor the risk associated risk events ofa variable number of risk exposed motor vehicles by providing dynamic,self-sufficient risk protection for the autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles; In particular, it is an object of thepresent invention to extend the existing technology to a dynamictriggered and adjusted, multi-tier risk-transfer system based on adynamic adaptable loss-ratio structure at the first-tier level(insurance), and/or a dynamically floating second-tier recoverable(reinsurance), thereby reinforcing the importance of developingautomated systems allowing self-sufficient, real-time reactingoperation; more particularly, it is an object to provide an automatedtrigger mechanism and appropriate device between the two coupledrisk-transfer systems offering a measurable optimization of the systems.Another object of the invention seeks to provide a way to technicallycapture, handle and automate dynamically adaptable, complex risktransfer structures and trigger operations that are related to automateoptimally shared risks and transfer operations. Another object of theinvention seeks to dynamically synchronize and adjust such operations tochanging environmental or operational conditions by means of automotivedata invasive, harmonized use of telematics between the different tiersbased on an appropriate technical multilayered trigger structureapproach. In contrast to standard practice, the resource pooling systemsof the different risk-transfer tiers shall create a reproducible andoptimized operation with the desired, technically based, repetitiousaccuracy that relies on technical means, process flow and processcontrol/operation. Finally, one of the objects of the present inventionaddresses the technical problem of coupling two automated risk-transfersystems with the goal of pooling the risk exposure of associatedcomponents and seeking better and more effective technicalimplementations, thereby enabling to share and minimize the neededautomotive resources and to provide a unified, optimized multi-tierrisk-transfer approach by sharing expert and development means forgenerating minimized conditions for the necessarily requiredresource-pooling (e.g. pooled premiums). Along the automated insuranceautomotive value chain, there are many technologies offering individualelements, however, it is an object of the present invention to provide aholistic technical solution that covers the whole range from deviceinstallation to the automated and accurate risk measuring, analysis andmanagement. Finally, it is a further object of the invention to providea dynamic, expert-system or machine learning-based, intelligent scoringsystem based on real-time scoring and measurements, and further toprovide a technically scalable solution based on scoring algorithms anddata processing allowing to adapt the signaling to other field ofautomated risk-transfer. As a holistic solution, the system should beable to cover the whole range from collecting sensor data, ADAS data(advanced driver assistance systems systems, or active safety) and/or AVdata to accurate, reproducible and self-adaptable risk prediction,classification and/or analysis for automated risk-transfersolutions/coverage and value added services (e.g., car sharingsolutions, fleet management, alerts, cross-selling, consultancy). Suchautonomous operatable systems are missing in the prior art technology.The system should be able to provide an automated motor or productliability risk-transfer system related to or depending on partially orfully automated vehicles. In particular, the extent to which a vehicleis automated and/or the extent to which the automated features areactivated (e.g. level of automation according to predefined definitionsand categorizations (e.g. regulatory requirements as given by level 1 to4 by NHTSA (US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)).Finally, the system should be capable of providing an automatedrisk-transfer structure for diverging coverages to risk-exposedautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles, as e.g.,product liability for car and/or technology manufacturer, driverliability cover, which is not possible with the prior art systems.

According to the present invention, these objects are achieved,particularly, with the features of the independent claims. In addition,further advantageous embodiments can be derived from the dependentclaims and the related descriptions.

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned objects for adynamic triggered, multi-tier risk-transfer system based on anautomatically steered, automotive car or motor vehicle system for aplurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving driving motorvehicles, in particular an expert-system based based automotive carsystem, are achieved, particularly, in that, by means of the presentinvention, an automotive car system is associated with a plurality ofautonomous or partially autonomous driving driving motor vehicles, theautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles comprisingexteroceptive sensors or measuring devices for sensing environmentalparameters at least comprising distances to objects and/or intensity ofthe ambient light and/or sound amplitude, and proprioceptive sensors ormeasuring devices for sensing operating parameters of the motor vehiclescomprising at least motor speed and/or wheel load and/or heading and/orbattery status of the motor vehicles, the autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles comprising an automotive controlsystem for autonomous or partially autonomous driving driving of themotor vehicles by interpreting the sensory data of the exteroceptive andproprioceptive sensors or measuring devices identifying appropriatenavigation paths and/or obstacles and/or relevant signage, and theautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles comprisingtelematics devices with one or more wireless connections or wiredconnections between the automotive control system and an externalsystem, and with a plurality of interfaces for connection with at leastone of a vehicle's data transmission bus, and/or a plurality ofinterfaces for connection with the exteroceptive and proprioceptivesensors and/or measuring devices, in that the autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles or the automotive control systems) areconnected to a central, expert-system based circuit by means of themobile telematics devices, wherein an uni- or bidirectional data link isset by means of the wireless connection between the central,expert-system based circuit and the autonomous or partially autonomousdriving motor vehicles transmitting at least usage-based and/oruser-based and/or operating autonomous data via the mobile telematicsdevices to the central, expert-system based circuit, and wherein theusage-based and/or user-based and/or operational automotive data arebased on the sensory data of the exteroceptive and proprioceptivesensors or measuring devices and/or operating parameters of theautomotive control system, in that the automotive car system comprisesone or more first risk-transfer systems to provide a first risk-transferbased on first risk transfer parameters from at least some of the motorvehicles to the first risk-transfer system, wherein the firstrisk-transfer system comprises a plurality of payment transfer modulesconfigured to receive and store first payment parameters associated withrisk-transfer of risk exposures of said autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles for pooling of their risks, in that bymeans of the central, expert-system based circuit of the automotive carsystem risk-related automotive data captured from the autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles are processed, wherein firstrisk transfer parameters and correlated first payment transferparameters are generated by means of the central, expert-system basedcircuit and transmitted to the first risk-transfer system, and wherein,in the case of triggering the occurrence of one of defined risk eventsassociated with transferred risk exposure of the the motor vehicles, theoccurred loss is automatically covered by the first risk-transfer systembased on the first risk transfer parameters and correlated first paymenttransfer parameters, in that the automotive car system comprises asecond risk-transfer system to provide a second risk-transfer based onsecond risk-transfer parameters from one or more of the firstrisk-transfer systems to the second risk-transfer system, wherein thesecond risk-transfer system comprises second payment transfer modulesconfigured to receive and store second payment parameters for pooling ofthe risks of the first risk-transfer systems associated with riskexposures transferred to the first risk-transfer systems, in that secondrisk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transferparameters are generated by means of the central, expert-system basedcircuit and transmitted to the second risk-transfer system, wherein theoccurred loss is at least partly covered by the second insurance systembased on the second risk transfer parameters and correlated secondpayment transfer parameters, and in that the first and second risktransfer parameters and the correlated first and second payment transferparameters are dynamically adapted and/or optimized by means of thecentral, expert-system based circuit based on the usage-based and/oruser-based and/or operational automotive data captured from theplurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehiclesand based on the pooled risks of the first risk transfer systems. Thedefined risk events associated with transferred risk exposure of the themotor vehicles can, for example, at least comprise transferred riskexposure related to liability risk-transfers for damages and/or lossesand/or delay in delivery, wherein the occurred loss is automaticallycovered by the first risk-transfer system based on the first risktransfer parameters and correlated first payment transfer parameters (ifa requested risk-transfer is not rejected by the system at this time).The exteroceptive sensors or measuring devices can, for example,comprise at least radar devices for monitoring surrounding of the motorvehicle and/or lidar devices for monitoring surrounding of the motorvehicle and/or global positioning systems or vehicle tracking devicesfor measuring positioning parameters of the motor vehicle and/orodometrical devices for complementing and improving the positioningparameters measured by the global positioning systems or vehicletracking devices and/or computer vision devices or video cameras formonitoring the surrounding of the motor vehicle and/or ultrasonicsensors for measuring the position of objects close to the motorvehicle. For providing the wireless connection, the telematics devicecan e.g. act as wireless node within a corresponding data transmissionnetwork by means of antenna connections of the telematics device, inparticular mobile telecommunication networks as e.g. 3G, 4G, 5G LTE(Long-Term Evolution) networks or mobile WiMAX or other GSM/EDGE andUMTS/HSPA based network technologies etc., and more particular withappropriate identification means as SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)etc. The autonomous control systems of the motor vehicle for autonomousor partially autonomous driving motor vehicle driving can e.g. beconnected to an on-board diagnostic system and/or an in-car interactivedevice and/or a monitoring cellular mobile node application, wherein theautonomous control systems capture usage-based and/or user-basedautomotive data of the motor vehicle and/or user. The telematics devicescan e.g. provide the one or more wireless connections by means radiodata systems (RDS) modules and/or positioning system including asatellite receiving module and/or a mobile telephone including a digitalradio service module and/or a language unit in communication the radiodata system or the positioning system or the cellular telephone module.The satellite receiving module can e.g. comprise a Global PositioningSystem (GPS) circuit and/or the digital radio service module comprisesat least a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) unit. theplurality of interfaces for connection with at least one of a motorvehicle's data transmission bus can e.g. comprise at least on interfacefor connection with a motor vehicle's Controller Area Network (CAN) bus,e.g. in connection with on-board diagnostics (OBD) port, or otherconnection e.g. for battery installed devices, or also OEM (OriginalEquipment Manufacturer) installed systems getting information access toon-board sensors or entertainment systems (as e.g. Apple Carplay etc.)providing the necessary vehicle sensor information. The expert-systembased or machine-learning based autonomous control circuit can furthercomprise an aggregation module providing the risk exposure for one or aplurality of the pooled risk exposed motor vehicles based on thecaptured risk-related automotive data, wherein the first and second risktransfer parameters and the correlated first and second payment transferparameters are dynamically generated based on the likelihood of theoccurrence of the predefined risk events of the pooled autonomous orpartially autonomous driving driving motor vehicles. In addition, theoccurred and triggered losses can be automatically aggregated by meansof captured loss parameters of the measured occurrence of risk eventsover all risk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles within a predefined time period by incrementing an associatedstored aggregated loss parameter and for automatically aggregating thereceived and stored first payment parameters over all risk exposedvehicles within the predefined time period by incrementing an associatedstored, aggregated payment parameter, and wherein the variable first andsecond risk transfer parameters and the correlated first and secondpayment transfer parameters dynamically are generated based upon theratio of the aggregated loss parameter and the aggregated paymentparameter. The first and second risk-transfer system can e.g. be fullyautomated steered, triggered, signaled, and mutually activated by meansof the expert-system based automotive car system, wherein the steering,triggering, signaling and activating is based on the dynamic-adaptablefirst and second risk transfer parameters and the correlated first andsecond payment transfer parameters, providing a self-sufficient riskprotection for the variable number of motor vehicles associated with themobile telematics devices by means of the coupled first and secondinsurance system. In the context of the first- and second risk-transfertier, the first risk-transfer system can e.g. comprise an automatedfirst resource pooling system and the second risk-transfer systemcomprises a automated second resource pooling system, wherein the riskexposed autonomous or partially autonomous driving driving motorvehicles are connected to the first resource pooling system by means ofa plurality of payment transfer modules configured to receive and storefirst payments from the risk exposed motor vehicles for the pooling oftheir risk exposures, wherein the first risk-transfer system providesautomated risk protection for each of the connected risk exposed motorvehicles based on received and stored first payment parameters, whereinthe first risk-transfer system is connected to the second resourcepooling system by means of second payment transfer modules configured toreceive and store second payment parameters from the first insurancesystem for adopting of a portion of the risk exposures accumulated bythe first risk-transfer system, and wherein, in the case of theoccurrence of one of defined risk events the occurred loss isautomatically covered by the expert-system based automotive car system.One of the advantages of the present system is to provide a technicalsolution of coupling two automated risk-transfer systems with a betterand more effective technical implementations, thereby enabling to shareand minimize the needed automotive resources and to provide a unified,optimized multi-tier risk-transfer approach by sharing expert anddevelopment means for generating minimized conditions for thenecessarily required resource-pooling (e.g. pooled premiums). Thepresent invention provides a holistic technical solution that covers thewhole range risk-transfer structures from collecting sensor and ADAS(advanced driver assistance systems systems, or active safety) and AV(autonomous vehicle) data to accurate risk analysis for automatedrisk-transfer systems/coverage and value added services (e.g., carsharing solutions, fleet management, alerts, cross-selling,consultancy), which is not possible with the prior art systems. Thepresent invention provides an automated risk-transfer system for allkinds of risk-transfer schemes, as e.g. motor or product liability(re-)insurance systems and/or risk-transfer systems related to ordepending on partially or fully automated vehicles. Especially theextent to which a vehicle is automated and/or the extent to which theautomated features are activated (e.g. level of automation, e.g.according to predefined definitions and categorizations, as e.g. givenby the levels 1 to 4 of the NHTSA (US National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration)). Also, the present invention provides a holistic andunified, automated technical approach for coverage to the autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles in all different structuresof risk-transfer, as e.g. product liability for car and/or technologymanufacturer, driver liability cover. Further, the present inventionalso provides a holistic technical solution that covers the whole rangefrom automotive control circuits and/or telematics devices and/or appinstallations to the automated and accurate risk measuring, analysis andmanagement. Finally, it is able to provide a dynamic, expert-systembased or machine learning-based scoring system based on real-timescoring and measurements, and further provides a technically scalablesolution based on scoring algorithms and data processing allowing toadapt the signaling to other fields of automated risk-transfer. Thepresent invention with the expert-system based system, which is enhancedby contextual data, is able to provide best and highest optimizedtechnical solution to the real-time adapted multi-tier risk-transfersystem. It allows to capture and control the driver score behavior, andcompare its behavior within the technical operation and context. Itallows to automatically capture risk's scores according to location ortrip, and to automatically analyze and react on data related to the needof value added services, as e.g. accident notifications and/or feedbackto the driver and/or automated fleet risk reporting and/or automated anddynamically optimized underwriting etc.). As embodiment variant, thescore driving module can e.g. automatically capture scores risksaccording to a measured maintenance (e.g. maintenance failure by owner)and surveillance factor extracted from the automotive data associatedwith the autonomous or partially autonomous driving driving motorvehicle and/or the control systems or the use of active safety features.The telematics based feedback means of the system may e.g. comprise adynamic alert feed via a data link to the autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicle's automotive control circuit, whereinthe expert-system or machine-learning based central circuit heads updevice alerts drivers immediately to a number of performance measuresincluding e.g. high RPM, i.e. high revolutions per minute as a measureof the frequency of the motor rotation of the motor vehicle's engine,unsteady drive, unnecessary engine power, harsh acceleration, roadanticipation, and/or ECO drive. The automotive car system provides theopportunities for risk-adaption and improvement dynamically and inreal-time, i.e. as and when they happen, related to the autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicle's risk patterns (e.g.location, speed, etc.). In the case of partial automation, providinginstant feedback to drivers through heads up training aids and getinformation sent straight to the mobile telematics device, ensures a twopronged approach to correcting risky (and often expensive) drivinghabits. Thus, the automotive car system not only allows to mutuallyoptimize the operational parameters of the first and second risktransfer system, but also optimize the risk and/or risk behavior on thelevel of the risk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous drivingmotor vehicles. No prior art system allows such an integral, real-timeoptimization. As another value added service, the automotive car systemcan e.g. dynamically generated fleet risk reports of selected motorvehicles. Such fleet reports, automatically generated by the automotivecar system, provide a new approach to share and compare vehicles'statistics. The proposed invention with e.g. prefunding automotiveenabled risk-transfer ((re)insurance) means will stimulate the carriers(first-tier risk-transfer systems) to provide its automotive data andclaims' histories to the second-tier risk-transfer system in order tocontinually improve its scoring service, which in turn benefits carrierin helping reduce costs and combined ratio. In summary, the advantagesof the present invention are, inter alia, that the system is able tomeasure and differentiate fully autonomous driving modes and the variouslevel of manual and partially manual driving modes (ADAS). The systemmeasures which mode is selected and appropriately adjust therisk-transfer parameters and premiums (for example higher risk, if thecar is driven manually by a person, however depends on the measuredcontextual data). It is to be assumed that the premiums for traditionalcar in a world of increased numbers of semi- or fully autonomous drivingcar will go up. This can be captured by the dynamic generation of theappropriate risk-transfer and payment-transfer parameters by means ofthe present expert-system based invention, which is not possible by theknown prior art systems. The system dynamically takes into account theused and/or activated ADAS/AV features, as well as their performanceaccuracy and operational quality to generate the variable andtime-dependent risk-transfer parameters and the premium (e.g. safetyfeatures of the car type, model) and the ADAS systems (e.g., highwaypilot, Park Assistance, Forward Collision Warning, Driver Monitoring,Lane Departure warning). The present system does also consider the ADASfeatures in their contextual relation, as e.g. under different weathercondition. However, for partially autonomous driving cars (ADAS) alsodifferent user interaction based on different drivers are automaticallyconsidered by the system by capturing and transmitting also user-baseddata. Thus, the system can automatically adapt its operationalparameters and be used, for example, in a rental scheme or borrowedscheme. Further, the present system automatically is able todifferentiates and adapt its operational parameters (e.g. risk-transferparameters) in connection with MTPL (Motor Third Party Liability) and/orMOD (Motor own Damage) covers with ADAS/AV risk parameters, and/orproduct liability to manufacturer (technology (for software/hardware)and car manufacturer), and/or maintenance failure by owner, and/ordriverless taxi risk-transfer schemes, and/or car rental risk-transferschemes, and/or transportation network companies risk-transfer schemes(like Uber (UberX, UberBlack, UberPop, or UberTaxi)), and/or private carsharing risk-transfer schemes.

In one alternative embodiment, the central, expert-system based circuitcomprises a table with stored categorization trigger parameters fortriggering a predefined level of automation applied by the controlsystem to the autonomous or partially autonomous (ADAS) driving motorvehicles, wherein the first and second risk transfer parameters and thecorrelated first and/or second payment transfer parameters aredynamically adapted and/or accumulated by means of the central,expert-system based circuit based on the triggered categorization of theautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles during usageand based upon the usage-based and/or user-based and/or operationalautomotive data captured from the plurality of autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles. This embodiment has, inter alia, theadvantage that it allows to provide new and unified approach forautomated risk-transfer for risk associated with risk-exposed autonomousor partially autonomous driving motor vehicles, considering dynamicallymeasured, usage-based parameters, allowing a new optimization in thelevel of the risk-exposed vehicle as well as on the level of theoperational pooling of risk-exposure of the first and/or secondrisk-transfer system.

In one alternative embodiment, the central, expert-system based circuitcomprises a driving score module triggering and automatically selectingscore driving parameters based on defined score driving behavior patternby comparing captured automotive data with the defined score drivingbehavior pattern. The score driving module can further e.g.automatically capture scores risks according to the measured location ortrip of the motor vehicle based on the captured automotive data of themobile telematics devices associated with the motor vehicles. Thisalternative embodiment has, inter alia, the advantage that it allows toprovide a real-time adapted multi-tier risk-transfer system. Further, itallows to capture and/or control the score driving behavior (also in thesense of location, time, road etc. of the used autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving), and compare its behavior within the technicaloperation and context. It allows to automatically capture score risksaccording to location or trip, and to automatically analyze and react ondata related to the need of added services, as e.g. accidentnotifications).

In one alternative embodiment, the central, expert-system based circuitcomprises additional triggers triggering accident notification and/orother added services based on the captured automotive data of theautomotive control circuits for autonomous or partially autonomousdriving motor vehicle associated with the motor vehicles. Thisalternative embodiment has, inter alia, the advantage that the system iscapable of providing additional benefit to the customer based onadditionally generated signaling.

In another alternative embodiment, the switching device comprisescapturing means for capturing a transfer of payment from the firstinsurance system to the second payment-transfer module, wherein thesecond layer trigger structure of the system is activatable bytriggering a payment transfer matching a predefined activation thresholdparameter. In another embodiment variant, in the case of triggering theoccurrence of a loss associated with the occurrence of the defined riskevents, a predefined defined portion of the occurred loss covered by thesecond insurance system based on the second risk transfer parameters andcorrelated second payment transfer parameters. Thus, the presentinvention can be realized with a proportional or a non-proportionalrisk-transfer as coupling mechanism between the first and secondrisk-transfer systems, wherein under proportional risk-transfercoupling, the second risk-transfer system is activated by means of theswitching device by a fixed percentage share of each risk transferred tothe first risk-transfer system respectively each loss transferred to therisk-transfer system. Accordingly, the second risk-transfer systemreceives that fixed payment transfer from the first risk-transfer systemby means of the second payment parameters. Under non-proportionalrisk-transfer coupling, in case of triggering the exceedance of adefined activation threshold parameter associated with the occurrence ofthe defined risk events, the occurred loss is at least partly covered bythe second insurance system based on the second risk transfer parametersand correlated second payment transfer parameters. The activationthreshold can be associated with each single loss occurred or on theaccumulated loss measured by means of the aggregated loss parameter.Thus, the non-proportional coupling can be realized in an excess of lossor stop loss risk-transfer structure, wherein the excess of lossstructure can e.g. be based on a Per Risk XL (Working XL), PerOccurrence/Per Event XL (Catastrophe or Cat XL), or Aggregate XLstructure. As a more particular alternative embodiment, a periodicpayment transfers from the risk exposure components to the resourcepooling system via a plurality of payment receiving modules is requestedby means of a monitoring module of the resource-pooling system, whereinthe risk transfer or protection for the risk exposure components isinterrupted by the monitoring module, when the periodic transfer is nolonger detectable via the monitoring module. As an alternative, theperiodic payment transfer request can be interrupted automatically orwaived by the monitoring module, when the occurrence of indicators for arisk event is triggered in the data flow pathway of a risk exposurecomponent. These alternative embodiments have, inter alia, the advantagethat the system allows for further automation of the monitoringoperation, especially of its operation with regard to the pooledresources.

In another alternative embodiment, an independent verification riskevent trigger of the first and/or second resource pooling system isactivated in cases when the occurrence of indicators for a risk event istriggered in the data flow pathway of the automotive control circuit bymeans of the risk event triggers, and wherein the independentverification risk event trigger additionally issues a trigger in theevent of the occurrence of indicators regarding risk events in analternative data flow pathway with independent measuring parameters fromthe primary data flow pathway, e.g. of alternative telematics devices,in order to verify the occurrence of the risk events at the risk exposedautomotive motor vehicles. In this alternative, the transfer of paymentsis only assigned to the corresponding risk exposed motor vehicle if theoccurrence of the risk event at the risk exposure component is verifiedby the independent verification risk event trigger. These alternativeembodiments have, inter alia, the advantage that the operational andfinancial stability of the system can thus be improved. In addition, thesystem is rendered less vulnerable to fraud and counterfeit.

In general, the system can for example comprise capturing means thatcapture a payment transfer assigned to one of the two risk transfersystems, e.g. also from the first insurance system to the second paymenttransfer module, wherein the assigned insurance system is activated, andwherein the risk exposure of the first insurance system associated withthe assigned risk transfer layer is transferred to the second insurancesystem. This alternative embodiment has, inter alia, the advantage thatadditionally the second insurance system distinctively can be activated,allowing a controlled and discrete risk transfer and risk cover from thefirst to the second resource pooling system.

In another alternative embodiment, the first insurance system comprisesan interface module for accessing and adapting the assigned operationalparameters prior to the transfer of the payment parameters from thefirst resource pooling system to the second resource pooling system.This alternative embodiment has, inter alia, the advantage that the risktransfer structure can be dynamically adjusted and, moreover, selectedand/or additionally optimized directly by the first insurance system orthe second insurance system.

In still another alternative embodiment, the central, expert-system ormachine-learning based automotive circuit comprises means for processingrisk-related autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicledata and for providing data regarding the likelihood of said riskexposure for one or a plurality of the pooled risk exposed autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicle, in particular, based on therisk-related autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicledata, and wherein the receipt and preconditioned storage of paymentsfrom the risk exposed motor vehicles for the pooling of their risks canbe dynamically determined based on the total risk and/or the likelihoodof risk exposure of the pooled risk-exposed autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles. This alternative embodiment has,inter alia, the advantage that the operation of the first and/or secondresource pooling system can be dynamically adjusted to changingconditions in relation to the pooled risk, such as a change of theenvironmental conditions or risk distribution, or the like, of thepooled motor vehicles. A further advantage is that the system does notrequire any manual adjustments, when it is operated in differentenvironments, places or countries, because the size of the payments ofthe risk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles is directly related to the total pooled risk. However, it isimportant to note, that the present invention does not necessarily haveto lead to adjusted pricing or premiums. For example, it could alsoautomatically provide coupons to automated motor vehicles driving in lowrisk regions, or that nothing at all changes but that the system usesthe automotive data to automatically decide if the risk-transfer iscontinued the next year. The present invention can also exclusively beused for automatically providing and activating adapted and/orspecifically selected value added services, as e.g. accidentnotifications and/or feedback to the autonomous or partially autonomousdriving motor vehicle or driver and/or automated fleet risk reportingand/or automated and dynamically optimized underwriting etc. Thus, thepresent invention allows an adaption of the risk of the firstrisk-transfer tier or system as well as risk on level of the insuredmotor vehicles (e.g. by risk-based driver feedback in real-time) and/orthe second risk-transfer tier or system. There is no prior art system,allowing such an optimization and/or adaption. The feedback can e.g. begenerated by comparing the autonomous or partially autonomous drivingmotor vehicle's profile and pattern with other autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicle's profiles or pattern at the samelocation and/or comparable conditions.

In one alternative embodiment, the system comprises means for processingrisk-related component data and for providing information regarding thelikelihood of said risk exposure for one or a plurality of the pooledrisk exposed, autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles,in particular, based on risk-related motor vehicles' data, and whereinthe receipt and preconditioned storage of payments from the firstresource pooling system to the second resource pooling system for thetransfer of its risk can be dynamically determined based on the totalrisk and/or the likelihood of risk exposure of the pooled risk exposurecomponents. This alternative embodiment has, inter alia, the advantagethat the operation of the first and/or second resource pooling systemcan be dynamically adjusted to changing conditions of the pooled risk,such as changes of the environmental conditions or risk distribution, orthe like, of the pooled risk components. A further advantage is the factthat the system does not require any manual adjustments, when it isoperated in different environments, places or countries, because thesize of the payments of the risk exposure components is directly relatedto the total pooled risk.

In one alternative embodiment, the number of pooled motor vehicles isdynamically adjusted via the first risk-transfer system to a range wherenon-covariant, occurring risks covered by the risk-transfer systemaffect only a relatively small proportion of the total pooled riskexposure components at any given time. Analogously, the secondrisk-transfer system can for example dynamically adjust the number ofpooled risk shares transferred from first risk-transfer systems to arange where non-covariant, occurring risks covered by the secondrisk-transfer system affect only a relatively small proportion of thetotal pooled risk transfers from first risk-transfer systems at anygiven time. This variant has, inter alia, the advantage that theoperational and financial stability of the system can be improved.

In one alternative embodiment, the risk event triggers are dynamicallyadjusted by means of an operating module based on time-correlatedincidence data for one or a plurality of the predefined risk events.This alternative embodiment has, inter alia, the advantage thatimprovements in capturing risk events or avoiding the occurrence of suchevents, for example by improved forecasting systems, etc., can bedynamically captured by the system and dynamically affect the overalloperation of the system based on the total risk of the pooled riskexposure components.

In another alternative embodiment, upon each triggering of anoccurrence, where parameters indicating a predefined risk event aremeasured, by means of at least one risk event trigger, a totalparametric payment is allocated with the triggering, and wherein thetotal allocated payment is transferrable upon a triggering of theoccurrence. The predefined total payments can for example be leveled toany appropriate defined total sum, such as a predefined value, or anyother sum related to the total transferred risk and the amount of theperiodic payments of the risk exposed motor vehicle. This alternativehas, inter alia, the advantage that the parametric payments or thepayments of predefined amounts can be relied on fixed amounts. Further,the parametric payment may allow for an adjusted payment of the totalsum that can for example be dependent on the stage of the occurrence ofa risk event, as triggered by the system.

In addition to the system, as described above, and the correspondingmethod, the present invention also relates to a computer program productthat includes computer program code means for controlling one or moreprocessors of the control system such that the control system performsthe proposed method; and it relates, in particular, to a computerprogram product that includes a computer-readable medium that containsthe computer program code means for the processors.

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The present invention will be explained in more detail, by way ofexample, with reference to the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram schematically illustrating 4 levels ofautomation and impact on risk-transfer, claims and liabilities (sourceNHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) of the U.S.government's Department of Transportation, responsible for theregulatory requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards).The central, expert-system based circuit 11 of the automotive car system1 can e.g. comprise a table, as illustrated by FIG. 1, comprisingcategorization trigger parameters for triggering a predefined level ofautomation of the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 applied by the controlsystem 461, . . . , 465 to the autonomous or partially autonomousdriving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. The first and second risktransfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 and the correlatedfirst and/or second payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221,. . . , 1225 are dynamically adapted and/or accumulated by means of thecentral, expert-system based circuit 11 based on the triggeredcategorization of the autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45 during usage and based upon the usage-based 31and/or user-based 32 and/or operational 33 automotive data 3 capturedfrom the plurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45.

FIG. 2 shows schematically an exemplary sensing of environmentalparameters 40111 at least comprising distances to objects and/orintensity of the ambient light and/or sound amplitude by means of theexteroceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011 of the motor vehicles41, . . . , 45, i.e. how the on-board automotive control system 9 forautonomous or partially autonomous driving of the motor vehicles 41, . .. , 45 interpreting the sensory data 40111/40121 of the exteroceptivesensors or measuring devices 4011 and the proprioceptive sensors ormeasuring devices 4012, on one example out of Google's fleet of roboticToyota Priuses (spectrum.ieee.org). Such cars are capable of completeautonomous car driving or at least driving in city traffic, busyhighways, and mountainous roads with only occasional human intervention.

FIG. 3 shows schematically an exemplary autonomous driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45 with exemplary on-board sensors and measuringdevices 401, . . . , 405, i.e. the sensory data 40111/40121 capturingexteroceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011, the proprioceptivesensors or measuring devices 4012, and mobile telematics device 411, . .. , 415. Related to the exteroceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011,reference number 40112 denotes a global positioning system GPS (combinedwith measuring data from tachometers, altimeters and gyroscopesproviding an accurate positioning), reference number 40113 ultrasonicsensors (measuring the position of objects very close to the motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45), reference number 40114 odometry sensors(complementing and improving GPS information), reference number 40115 aLIDAR (light detection and ranging) measuring device (monitoring thevehicle's surroundings as e.g. roads, vehicles, pedestrians, etc.),reference number 40116 video cameras (monitoring the vehicle'ssurroundings, as e.g. roads, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. and readingtraffic lights), and reference number 40117 radar sensors (monitoringthe vehicle's surroundings, as e.g., roads, vehicles, pedestrians,etc.).

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram schematically illustrating an exemplaryautomotive-based, dynamic triggered, multi-tier risk-transfer systemprovided by the inventive automotive system 1 with a plurality ofassociated autonomous or partially autonomous driving driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45 capturing measuring parameters in real-time anddynamically adapting its operational parameters. In particular, it showsan expert-system based or machine-learning based automotive system 1.The autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . ., 45 comprise exteroceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011 forsensing environmental parameters 40111 at least comprising distances toobjects and/or intensity of the ambient light and/or sound amplitude,and proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices 4012 for sensingoperating parameters of the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 comprising atleast motor speed and/or wheel load and/or heading and/or battery statusof the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45, the autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 comprising anautomotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 for autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving of the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 by interpretingthe sensory data 40111/40121 of the exteroceptive and proprioceptivesensors or measuring devices 4011/4012 identifying appropriatenavigation paths and/or obstacles and/or relevant signage. Theautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45or the automotive control systems 461, . . . , 465 are connected to acentral, expert-system based circuit 11 by means of a data link 21transmitting at least usage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/oroperating 33 automotive data 3 to the central, expert-system basedcircuit 11, wherein the usage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/oroperational 33 automotive data 3 are based on the sensory data40111/40121 and/or operating parameters 4611 of the automotive controlsystem 461, . . . , 465. The automotive car system 1 provides anautomated first and/or second risk-transfer by means of therisk-transfer systems 10/12 based on dynamic generated first and/orsecond risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/1021, . . . , 1025 fromthe autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . ., 45, wherein by means of the central, expert-system based circuit 11the first and/or second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/1021,. . . , 1025 and correlated first and/or second payment transferparameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 are dynamicallygenerated, adapted and/or optimized, wherein, in the case of triggeringthe occurrence of one of defined risk events 61, . . . , 63, theoccurred loss 71, . . . , 75 is automatically covered by the automotivecar system 1.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram schematically illustrating an exemplaryautomotive-based, dynamic triggered, multi-tier risk-transfer systemprovided by the inventive automotive system 1 with a plurality ofassociated autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41,. . . , 45 capturing measuring parameters in real-time and dynamicallyadapting its operational parameters, according an embodiment variant ofthe invention. In particular, it shows the expert-system basedautomotive system 1. The telematics devices 401, . . . , 405 captureusage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/or operational 33 automotivedata 3 of the motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 and/or user 321, 322, 323,and transmit them via the data transmission network 2 to the central,expert-system based circuit 11, which operates the coupled first andsecond risk-transfer systems by means of the dynamically optimized thefirst and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . ,515 and the correlated first and second payment transfer parameters1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225. The system 1 is capable ofcapturing different kinds of telematics data 3, as also e.g. drivingpatterns from the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 and/or automation levelof the motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 (driving itself partially or fullyautonomous (auto piloting)) and/or if the user is intervening with itsautomated or safety features. The latter is possible, if the automotivecontrol circuit 461, . . . , 465 capture data 3 from the motor vehicle41, . . . , 45 itself. Thus, the automotive control circuits 461, . . ., 465 or an appropriate mobile phone apps connected to automotivecontrol circuit 461, . . . , 465 can generate data 3 itself by means ofown sensors, and/or the mobile telematics device 401, . . . , 405 ormobile phone apps connected to mobile telematics device 401, . . . , 405can comprise access to data directly from the motor vehicle 41, . . . ,45, e.g. provided by an on-board diagnostic system. As seen from FIG. 2,the central, expert-system based circuit 11 may be realized as aseparate part of the automotive system 1, or as a part of the secondrisk-transfer system 12, wherein in the latter case, the automotivecontrol circuit 461, . . . , 465 and/or the mobile telematics devices401, . . . , 405 can be provided by the second risk-transfer system 12to the first risk-transfer system 10 and/or the risk exposed autonomousor partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45, inexchange of having access to the captured automotive data 3 and/orcaptured claim or loss data 711, . . . , 715/721, . . . , 725/731, . . ., 735. As also illustrated by FIG. 2, the automotive system 1 maycomprise one (reference number 10) or a plurality (reference number 10a-10 d) of first risk-transfer systems, all associated with the samesecond risk-transfer system 12.

FIG. 6 shows another block diagram schematically illustrating anexemplary dynamically adaptable automotive car system 1 with a pluralityof risk-exposed, associated autonomous or partially autonomous drivingmotor vehicles 41, . . . , 45, according an embodiment variant of theinvention. In particular, it shows an expert-system based ormachine-learning based automotive car system 1. The automotive controlcircuits 461, . . . , 465 for autonomous motor vehicle driving captureusage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/or operating 33 automotive data3 of the motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 and/or user 321, 322, 323, andtransmit them by means of the telematics devices 411, . . . , 415 viathe data transmission network 2 to the central, expert-system basedcircuit 11, which operates the coupled first and second risk-transfersystems 10/12 by means of the dynamically optimized the first and secondrisk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . ,1025/1221, . . . , 1225.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram schematically illustrating exemplary thereal-time automotive data capturing by means of the exteroceptivesensors 4011 for sensing environmental parameters 40111, andproprioceptive sensors 4012 for sensing operating parameters of themotor vehicles 41, . . . , 45.

FIG. 8 shows a block diagram schematically illustrating exemplaryestimates for accident reduction rates, i.e. the extent to whichautomated vehicles reduce accidents in %, wherein the x-axis gives thedevelopment within the years and the y-axis the automation inpercentage. 100% means a fully autonomous driving motor vehicle, whichdoes not need any human interaction.

FIG. 9 shows a block diagram schematically illustrating exemplary theglobal average adoption rate of automated features for new passengercars, wherein the x-axis gives the development within the years and they-axis the automation adoption in percentage. 100% means that all carsuse the respective automation adoption.

FIG. 10 shows a block diagram schematically illustrating the extent towhich factors contribute to accidents in percent (on exemplary 10 mainclusters), wherein the x-axis gives the percentage of the contributionof the respective factors in percentage for the accident. Note, that thepercentages do not add up to 100% as an accident can have more than onecontributory factors.

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FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an architecture for a possibleimplementation of an embodiment of the automotive, expert-system based,dynamic triggered, multi-tier risk-transfer and risk-prediction system 1with an event-triggered activation for complementary switching of twocoupled, autonomously operated risk-transfer systems 10, 12. Inparticular, it shows an expert-system based or machine-learning basedautomotive car system 1. The risk-transfer system 10 can correspond toan automated insurance system and the risk-transfer system 12 cancorrespond to an automated reinsurance system. System 1 provides adynamic triggered and adjusted, multi-tier risk-transfer system based onthe expert-system based automotive car system 1, thereby reinforcing theimportance of developing automated real-time systems allowingself-sufficient and optimized multi-tier risk-transfer operation.Multi-tier risk-transfer is realized by the coupled first and secondrisk-transfer or insurance system 10, 12. The system 1 is triggered,i.e. dynamically tuned and adapted to trigger activation of the firstand second insurance system 10/12 based on capture usage-based 31 and/oruser-based 32 automotive data 3 of the autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 and/or user 321, 322,323. The autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, .. . , 45 or the automotive control systems 461, . . . , 465 areconnected to a central, expert-system based circuit 11 by means ofmobile telematics devices 411, . . . , 415 of the motor vehicles 41, . .. , 45. A data link 21 is set by means of the wireless connection 411, .. . , 415 between the central, expert-system based circuit 11 and theautonomous motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 transmitting at least saidusage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/or operating 33 automotive data3 via the mobile telematics devices 411, . . . , 415 to the central,expert-system based circuit 11. The usage-based 31 and/or user-based 32automotive data 3 comprise at least automotive data 3 on when and/or howoften and/or where and/or how the driver is driving and/or what themotor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 is doing and to what extent safety,automated, or autonomous features are active. The automotive data 3 aremeasured or captured by control circuit for autonomous motor vehicledriving 461, . . . , 465 by means connected or integrated on-boardsensors and measuring devices 401, . . . , 405. The automotive controlsystems 461, . . . , 465 measures at least a level of automation of thecar driving and/or the activation of autonomous driving support means ofthe specific motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45, and transmits the measuredlevel of automation of the car driving and/or the activation ofautonomous driving support means of the specific motor vehicle 41, . . ., 45 as part of the automotive data 3 via the mobile telematics devices411, . . . , 415 to the central, expert-system based circuit 11. Apossible fragmentation in automation levels is shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 1shows a differentiation in 4 levels of automation and impact onrisk-transfer, claims and liabilities as provided by NHTSA (NationalHighway Traffic Safety Administration) of the U.S. government'sDepartment of Transportation, responsible for the regulatoryrequirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards). The levelsare defined as follows: (Level 0) The driver completely controls thevehicle at all times; (Level 1) Individual vehicle controls areautomated, such as electronic stability control or automatic braking;(Level 2) At least two controls can be automated in unison, such asadaptive cruise control in combination with lane keeping. Example: TeslaModel S; (Level 3) The driver can fully cede control of allsafety-critical functions in certain conditions. The car senses whenconditions require the driver to retake control and provides a“sufficiently comfortable transition time” for the driver to do so; and(Level 4) The vehicle performs all safety-critical functions for theentire trip, with the driver not expected to control the vehicle at anytime. As this vehicle controls all functions from start to stop,including all parking functions. It may include unoccupied cars.Alternative classification system, e.g. based on five different levels(ranging from driver assistance to fully automated systems), are alsoimaginable, as for example published by SAE (Society of AutomotiveEngineers. However, other fragmentations can be preferable, for example,based on predefined risk-prediction classes. This means, that thecentral, expert-system based circuit 11 of the automotive car system 1can e.g. comprise a searchable (hash) table, as illustrated by FIG. 1,comprising categorization trigger parameters for triggering a predefinedlevel of automation of the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 applied by thecontrol system 461, . . . , 465 to the autonomous motor vehicles 41, . .. , 45. In consequence, the first and second risk transfer parameters501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 and the correlated first and/or secondpayment transfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 aredynamically adapted and/or accumulated by means of the central,expert-system based circuit 11 at least based on the triggeredcategorization of the autonomous motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 duringusage and based upon the usage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/oroperational 33 automotive data 3 captured from the plurality ofautonomous motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. Thus, the generated first andsecond risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 andcorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . ,1025/1221, . . . , 1225 can at least depend on the measured level ofautomation of the car driving and/or activation of autonomous drivingsupport means of the specific motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45.

Further, the first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . ,505/511, . . . , 515 and correlated first and second payment transferparameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 can be generated bymeans of the central, expert-system based circuit 11 at least depend onthe activation of autonomous driving support means of the specific motorvehicle 41, . . . , 45 in relation to contextual and/or environmentaldata of the transmitted automotive data 3, wherein the impact of theactivation of a specific autonomous driving support mean to thegenerated parameters depend on the simultaneous measured, time-dependentcontextual data of the transmitted automotive data 3. Said simultaneousmeasured, time-dependent contextual and/or environmental data of thetransmitted automotive data 3 at least comprise measured weathercondition parameters and/or location coordinate parameters. It isimportant to note, that the autonomous driving support means of thespecific motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45, as for example Adaptive CruiseControl (ACC), adaptive high beam, glare-free high beam and pixel light,adaptive light control: swiveling curve lights, automatic parking,automotive navigation system with typically GPS and TMC (Traffic MessageChannel) for providing up-to-date traffic information, automotive nightvision, blind spot monitor, collision avoidance system (precrashsystem), crosswind stabilization, driver drowsiness detection, drivermonitoring system, electric vehicle warning sounds used in hybrids andplug-in electric vehicles, emergency driver assistant, forward collisionwarning, intersection assistant, hill descent control, intelligent speedadaptation or intelligent speed advice (ISA), lane departure warningsystem, lane change assistance, pedestrian protection system, trafficsign recognition, turning assistant, vehicular communication systems,and/or wrong-way driving warning typically work well in certainenvironments (e.g. motorways etc.), thus reducing the risk there.However, they may perform less optimal, not at all, or even increase apossible accident-risk in other environments, where the autonomousdriving feature or device is not able to operate correctly (e.g. hightraffic places as city centers, or small and curvaceous roads etc.).Therefore an autonomous driving feature of the motor vehicles 41, . . ., 45 may reduce a driving risk, as well as increase a driving riskdependent on contextual and/or environmental automotive data 3 of themotor vehicle 41, . . . , 45. As an embodiment variant, the system 1 cane.g. measure a time-dependent contextual score parameter based on thecontextual and/or environmental data of the transmitted automotive data3, and a car-manufacturer score parameter for each activated autonomousdriving support mean of the specific motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45. Thecar-manufacturer score parameters can be determined based on performanceand/or efficiency and/or quality measurements of the activatedautonomous driving support mean of the specific motor vehicle 41, . . ., 45, wherein the first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . ,505/511, . . . , 515 and correlated first and second payment transferparameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 generated by means ofthe central, expert-system based circuit 11 at least depend on themeasured contextual score parameters and the car-manufacturer scoreparameters.

The on-board sensors and measuring devices 401, . . . , 405 compriseexteroceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011 and proprioceptivesensors or measuring devices 4012. FIG. 3 shows an exemplary autonomousdriving motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 with exemplary on-board sensors andmeasuring devices 401, . . . , 405, i.e. the sensory data 40111/40121capturing exteroceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011, theproprioceptive sensors or measuring devices 4012, and mobile telematicsdevice 411, . . . , 415. The exteroceptive sensors or measuring devices4011 measure values, parameters and information from the autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45, i.e. therobot's environment, as distances to objects, intensity of the ambientlight, sound amplitude. The proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices4012 measure values or parameters, in particular operational parameters,internally to the autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicle 41, . . . , 45, as e.g. motor speed, wheel load, heading of therobot, battery status etc. Related to the exteroceptive sensors ormeasuring devices 4011, reference number 40112 denotes a globalpositioning system GPS (combined with measuring data from tachometers,altimeters and gyroscopes providing an accurate positioning), referencenumber 40113 ultrasonic sensors (measuring the position of objects veryclose to the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45), reference number 40114odometry sensors (complementing and improving GPS information),reference number 40115 a LIDAR (light detection and ranging) measuringdevice (monitoring the vehicle's surroundings as e.g. roads, vehicles,pedestrians, etc.), reference number 40116 video cameras (monitoring thevehicle's surroundings, as e.g. roads, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. andreading traffic lights), or V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) and VII (VehicleInfrastructure Integration) communication technologies, and referencenumber 40117 radar sensors (monitoring the vehicle's surroundings, ase.g., roads, vehicles, pedestrians, etc.). The exteroceptive andproprioceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011/4012 can comprisepassive sensors, which use the energy coming for the environment, ase.g. temperature probes, microphones, web cameras, or active sensorsemitting their proper energy and measuring the reaction (e.g. laser).Active sensors often allow for a better performance, but sometimes haveinfluences on the autonomous or partially autonomous driving vehicle's41, . . . , 45 environment. Note, that some of the sensory data40111/40112 necessarily need combination with other measuring devices,due to their performance characteristics, resolution, or range. Anexample are wheel sensors measuring position or speed of the wheels orsteering. The used optical encoders are proprioceptive sensors 4012,thus the position estimation in relation to a fixed reference frame isonly valuable for short movements. The typical resolutions range from64-2048 increments per revolution. To improve the resolution, quadratureencoders are often to derive the higher resolution and/or directionalinformation.

The system 1 with the first and second risk-transfer systems 10, 12provide automated, self-sufficient risk protection of a variable numberof risk exposed motor-vehicles 41, . . . , 45 by means of twoassociated, automated resource pooling systems 101, 121. I.e., the firstrisk-transfer system 10 comprises an automated first resource poolingsystem 101 and the second risk-transfer system 12 comprises an automatedsecond resource pooling system 121. The risk exposed autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 are connectedto the first resource pooling system 101 by means of the plurality ofpayment transfer modules 103 configured to receive and store 102 firstpayments 1021, . . . , 1025 from the risk exposed autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 for thepooling of their risk exposures 51, . . . , 55, wherein the firstrisk-transfer system 10 provides the automated risk protection for eachof the connected risk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous drivingmotor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 based on received and stored first paymentparameters 1021, . . . , 1025. Further, the first risk-transfer system10 is connected to the second resource pooling system 121 by means ofsecond payment transfer modules 123 configured to receive and store 122second payment parameters 1221, . . . , 1225 from the first insurancesystem 10 for adopting of a portion of the risk exposures 51, . . . , 55accumulated by the first risk-transfer system 10. Thus, in the case ofthe occurrence of one of defined risk events 61, . . . , 63 the occurredloss is automatically covered by the expert-system based automotive carsystem 1 comprising the first and second risk-transfer systems 10/12.

The automated resource pooling systems 101, 121 comprise the first andsecond payment data store 102, 122 for their operation allowing a securepayment parameter storage of stored first payment parameters 1021, . . ., 1025 and stored second payment parameters 1221, . . . , 1225,respectively. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 refers to the dynamictriggered system for providing optimized risk protection related to riskexposed autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, .. . , 45 with the associated coupled resource pooling systems 101, 121.The resource pooling systems 101, 121 can e.g. be coupled, steeredand/or operated by means of the expert-system based or machine-learningbased or artificial intelligence based, central automotive circuit 11,provide dynamic self-sufficient risk protection and a corresponding riskprotection structure for the variable number of risk exposed autonomousor partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45; i.e.,units exposed to defined risk events, wherein the occurrence of suchrisk events is measurable and triggerable by means of the on-boardsensors and measuring devices 401, . . . , 405 and/or appropriatemeasuring devices and/or trigger modules triggering in the data flowpathway of the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 forautonomous motor vehicle driving, i.e. for autonomous steering andcontrolling of the motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. At least some of theautomotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 can comprise secured meansfor saving processor-driving operation code and flash memory for readingand capturing of the automotive data 3. At least some of the automotivedata 3, captured by the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465, aremeasured by means of sensors comprising at least an accelerometer tomeasure the motor vehicle's g-force during acceleration, braking, andcornering and/or global positioning system (GPS) to record location dataand to calculate driving distances. It is to be noted that some of therisk factors may only be applicable, if it is not a Level 4 vehicle,i.e. fully autonomous vehicle. The motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 cancomprise further parameter measuring devices (cf. above on-board sensorsand measuring devices 401, . . . , 405, in particular the exteroceptivesensors or measuring devices 4011 and the proprioceptive sensors ormeasuring devices 4012) as e.g. devices for measuring speed (maximumspeed, speeding, time spent in speed bands), breaking (harsh braking,number of brake applications, braking distance), acceleration,cornering, distance (e.g. odometer reading), mileage (e.g. used for payas you drive or distance based risk pricing), short journey, time ofday, road and terrain type, mobile phone usage (while driving),weather/driving conditions, location (GPS, triangulation), temperature,blind spot, local driving, sun angle and dazzling sun information (sunshining in drivers' face), seatbelt status, rush hour use, fatigue (e.g.measured by eye trackers or the like), driver confidence, throttleposition, lane changing, fuel consumption (per trip and average fueleconomy), quantification data points, Vehicle Identification Numbers(VIN), slalom (no straight line driving), Revolutions Per Minute RPM(excessive RPM, max RPM, time in RPM bands), off road usage, G forces,brake pedal position, driver alertness, Controller Area Network (CAN)bus parameters including fuel level, distance to other vehicles,distance to obstacles, activated/usage of automated features,activated/usage of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, traction controldata, usage of headlights and other lights, usage of blinkers, vehicleweight, amount of vehicle passengers, traffic sign information,junctions crossed, jumping of orange and red traffic lights, alcohollevel detection devices, drug detection devices, driver distractionsensors, driver aggressiveness, biometric information or measuringparameters, driver mental and emotional condition, dazzling headlightsfrom other vehicles, vehicle door status (open/closed), visibilitythrough windscreens, lane position, lane choice, vehicle safety,driver's mood, passengers' mood, CO² emissions (total emissions based onthe amount of fuel consumed), Power Take Off (PTO; refers to theactivity of any motorized device that is connected to a vehicle), enginehours, oil pressure, water temperature, idle time and/or warm-up idletime. The measurement of the above automotive data by means of themobile telematics devices 401, . . . , 405 can e.g. be subject to theiravailability on the vehicle CAN bus, wherein the Controller Area Networkbus is a vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers anddevices to communicate with each other in applications without a hostcomputer. It is a message-based protocol, designed for multiplexelectrical wiring within automobiles, however, CAN buses are also usedin other contexts.

Further, the dynamically triggered automotive system 1 can e.g. includeat least one processor and associated memory modules. The expert-systembased automotive car system 1 can also include one or more display unitsand operating elements, such as a keyboard and/or graphic pointingdevices, such as a computer mouse. The resource pooling systems 101 and121 are technical devices comprising electronic means that can be usedby service providers in the field of risk transfer or insurancetechnology for the purpose of risk transfer as it relates to theoccurrence of measurable risk events 61, . . . , 63. The invention seeksto capture, handle, automate, and optimize by telematics, relatedoperations of the automated insurance systems 10, 12, in particular inan effort to optimize the interaction of coupled systems 10, 12, and toreduce the operational requirements. Another aspect that is addressed isfinding ways to synchronize and adjust such operations related tocoupling or mutually activating of resource pooling systems 101, 121,which are directed at proved risk protection of risk exposed units basedon technical means. In contrast to the standard practice, the resourcepooling systems 101, 121 also achieve reproducible, dynamicallyadjustable real-time operations based on automotive data with thedesired technical, repeating accuracy, because it is completely based ontechnical means, a process flow and process control/operation.

The dynamically triggered, multi-tier risk-transfer system is providedby means of the expert-system based automotive car system 1 with aplurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles41, . . . , 45 connected by means of the automotive control circuits 11via the mobile telematics devices 411, . . . , 415 associated with aplurality of motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. The expert-system basedautomotive car system 1 triggers, signals, and mutually activates afirst and second risk-transfer tiers 10/12 providing a self-sufficientrisk protection for a variable number of risk exposed motor vehicles 41,. . . , 45 by means of a first and second resource pooling system101/121. The first and second risk-transfer tiers 10/12 can be realizedas coupled, automated first and second insurance systems 10/12. The riskexposure components 21, 22, 23, . . . are connected to the firstresource pooling system 101 by means of a plurality of payment transfermodules 103 configured to receive and store 102 first payment parameters1021, . . . , 1025 by means of the first data store 102 from the riskexposed autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, .. . , 45, . . . for the pooling of their risk exposures 51, . . . , 55.The first insurance system 10 provides automated risk protection foreach of the connected risk exposed motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 basedon received and stored first payment parameters 1021, . . . , 1025. Thefirst insurance system 10 is connected to the second resource poolingsystem 121 by means of second payment transfer modules 123 configured toreceive and store 122 second payment parameters 1221, . . . , 1225 fromthe first insurance system 10 for adopting of a portion of the riskexposures 5 accumulated by the first insurance system 10. In the case ofthe occurrence of one of defined risk events 61, . . . , 63 the occurredloss is automatically covered by the first insurance system 10.

The automotive control circuits 461, . . . , 465 associated with theplurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles41, . . . , 45 comprising one or more wireless connections 411, . . . ,415, and a plurality of interfaces 421, . . . , 425 for connection withat least one of a vehicle's data transmission bus, and/or a plurality ofinterfaces for connection with appropriate sensors 4011 and/or measuringdevices 4012 and/or speakers 4113 and/or microphones 4114. The sensorsand measuring devices can comprise means for capturing various data, asdescribed below. The telematics devices 401, . . . , 405 can e.g.provide the one or more wireless connections 41141, . . . , 41145 bymeans radio data systems (RDS) modules 41141 and/or positioning system41142 including a satellite receiving module 41145 and/or a mobiletelephone 41143 including a digital radio service module and/or alanguage unit 41144 bidirectionally connected the radio data system41141 or the positioning system 40112 or the cellular telephone module41143. However, as special embodiment variant, the automotive controlcircuits 461, . . . , 465 can also comprise a wired permanent orperiodic connection, e.g. by a periodic data transfer by means of an USBflash drive, as discussed further below. It is to be noted that theperiodic data transfer can also be performed by other means than saidUSB interface. It can, for example, also be a blackbox to which a datacable can be connected, or any type of hard drive or a device, in whichstorage cards (e.g., Secure Digital (SD) as a non-volatile memory cardetc.) can be inserted or the same. The satellite receiving module 41145can e.g. comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) circuit 40112and/or the digital radio service module 41141 can e.g. comprises atleast a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) unit 41143. Fortelematics, Radio Data System (RDS) denotes a communications protocolstandard for embedding amounts of digital information in conventionalFrequency Modulation (FM) radio broadcasts. RDS standardizes severaltypes of information transmitted, including time, station identificationand program information. Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS) is theofficial name used for the U.S. version of RDS. For the wirelessconnection 41141, . . . , 41145, the telematics devices 411, . . . , 415acts as wireless node 221, . . . , 225 within a corresponding datatransmission network 2 by means of antenna connections of the telematicsdevice 411, . . . , 415.

On the other side, the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 canbe connected to an on-board diagnostic system 431, . . . , 435 and/or anin-car interactive device 441, . . . , 445 and/or a monitoring cellularmobile node application 451, . . . , 455 and/or the mobile telematicsdevices 411, . . . , 415 may be included as integrated part in a mobiledevice as a smartphone. Thus, as a variant, the mobile telematicsdevices 411, . . . , 415 connected to the automotive control circuit461, . . . , 465 can built an integrated part of a cellular mobilephone. At least some of the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465can e.g. connected to mobile phone applications (smartphone apps) 451, .. . , 455, wherein the associated mobile phone 41143 comprises themobile telematics devices 411, . . . , 415, as e.g. a global positioningsystem (GPS) circuit 40112 and/or mobile network triangulation meansproviding monitoring of travel speed, frequency of travel, location, anddriving style), and wherein the mobile phone's network connection areused to transmit the captured automotive data 3 to the central,expert-system based circuit 11. The automotive control circuit 461, . .. , 465, e.g. connected to the on-board diagnostic (OBD) system 431, . .. , 435 may provide an appropriate monitoring of the vehicle's systemsand/or subsystems. The connection e.g. to the on-board diagnostic (OBD)system 431, . . . , 435 of the autonomous or partially autonomousdriving mobile vehicle 41, . . . , 45 can be provided by plugging in adata transmission wire into an appropriate port of the on-boarddiagnostic system 431, . . . , 435. As mentioned, the at least some ofthe automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 can also be connected toan in-car interactive device 441, . . . , 445, wherein for example thevehicle's speed and travel distances is monitored by a globalpositioning system (GPS) circuit 4116 and wherein the automotive data 3are transmitted form the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 bymeans of the mobile telematics device 411, . . . , 415 to the central,expert-system based circuit 11 by means of a cellular telecommunicationconnection. Some of the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 cane.g. comprise speakers and a voice connection from the central,expert-system based circuit 11 and/or the first and/or secondrisk-transfer system 10/12 to the automotive control circuit 461, . . ., 465 thereby providing real-time services, in particular,coaching-services to the user of the motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 ontheir driving usage of the autonomous or partially autonomous drivingmotor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 and/or other usage-based 31 or user-based32 behaviors. In summary, the automotive control circuit 461, . . . ,465 can e.g. comprise or be connected to on-board sensors or othermeasuring devices 401, . . . , 405, in particular exteroceptive and/orproprioceptive sensors or measuring devices 4011/4012, On-Board-Diagnose(OBD) systems or dongle, smartphone and/or mobile cellular phone,windscreen device (as e.g. cameras), black box devices, cigarettelighter adaptor (CLA) device, eCall OBU, embedded OEM devices and/orinfotainment system, smartphone projection standards to allow mobiledevices running a certain operating system to be operated in automobilesthrough the dashboard's head unit (examples may include Apple Carplay,Mirrorlink, Android Auto), on-board navigation systems, navigationdevices, Aftermarket Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (examples mayinclude Mobileye), Embedded Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (examplesmay include Advanced emergency braking systems, Lane Departure Warningsystems, Parking Assist features), vehicular automation systems(examples may include Autopilot systems, Remote Valet Parking Assistantor Autonomous Parking Assistant), smartwatches and other wearable. Theautomotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 may also comprise specificcombined features of the above mentioned devices as e.g. smartphone(App) with beacon or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon (BLE, also knownas Bluetooth Smart) is a wireless personal area network technologymainly designed for novel applications in the healthcare, fitness,security, and home entertainment industries. Compared to the classicBluetooth, Bluetooth Smart is intended to provide considerably reducedpower consumption and cost while maintaining a similar communicationrange (around 10m), smartphone with OBD dongle or BLE enabled OBDdongle, smartphone only, self-installable aftermarket black box,professionally-installed aftermarket black box, aftermarket black-box &display

In this way, the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465 captureusage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/or operational 33 automotivedata 3 of the autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicle41, . . . , 45 and/or the automotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465and/or user 321, 322, 323, and transfer them over the data transmissionnetwork 2 to the expert-system based automotive car circuit 11. Inparticular, the plurality of automotive control circuits 461, . . . ,465 associated with the autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45 are connected to said expert-system basedautomotive car circuit 11, wherein a data link 21 is set by means of thewireless connection 411, . . . , 415 between the expert-system basedautomotive car circuit 11 transmitting at least the captured usage-based31 and/or user-based 32 and/or operational 33 automotive data 3 from theautomotive control circuits 461, . . . , 465 by means of the mobiletelematics devices 411, . . . , 415 to the expert-system basedautomotive circuit 11. At least some of the mobile telematics devices411, . . . , 415 can e.g. comprise a cellular modem 4113 to transmit theautomotive data 3 form the mobile telematics device 401, . . . , 405 tothe automotive control circuits 461, . . . , 465. However, as a specialembodiment variant, the mobile telematics devices 411, . . . , 415associated with the plurality of motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 do notcomprise a wireless connections 4114, but transmit the automotive data 3e.g. by being connected on a periodical basis to a wired (fixed)network, as e.g. a Local Area Network (LAN), or by being connected to adata transmission or network station, as e.g. a personal computer, via aUniversal Serial Bus (USB) or an intermediate USB devices or USBcomputer peripherals as an USB flash drive or other portable datastorage device. The plurality of interfaces 421, . . . , 425 forconnection with at least one of a motor vehicle's data transmission buscan e.g. comprise at least on interface for connection with a motorvehicle's Controller Area Network (CAN) bus.

As described above, the expert-system based automotive car system 1comprises one or more first risk-transfer systems 10 to provide a firstrisk-transfer based on first risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505from at least some of the autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . ,45 to the first risk-transfer system 10, wherein the first risk-transfersystem 10 comprises a plurality of payment transfer modules 103configured to receive and store 102 first payment parameters 1021, . . ., 1025 associated with risk-transfer of risk exposures 5 of saidautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45for pooling of their risks 51, . . . , 55. By means of the central,expert-system based circuit 11 of the automotive car system 1risk-related automotive data 3, captured from the automotive controlcircuits 461, . . . , 465 via the mobile telematics devices 401, . . . ,405, are processed, wherein first risk transfer parameters 501, . . . ,505 and correlated first payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025are generated by means of the machine-learning based telematics circuit11 and transmitted to the first risk-transfer system 10. In the case oftriggering the occurrence of one of defined risk events 61, . . . , 63associated with transferred risk exposure 51, . . . , 55 of the motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45, the occurred loss 71, . . . , 75 isautomatically covered by the first risk-transfer system 10 based on thefirst risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505 and correlated firstpayment transfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025.

Further, the expert-system based automotive car system 1 comprises asecond risk-transfer system 12 to provide a second risk-transfer basedon second risk-transfer parameters 511, . . . , 515 from one or more ofthe first risk-transfer systems 10 to the second risk-transfer system12, wherein the second risk-transfer system 12 comprises second paymenttransfer modules 123 configured to receive and store 122 second paymentparameters 1221, . . . , 1225 for pooling of the risks of the firstrisk-transfer systems 10 associated with risk exposures transferred tothe first risk-transfer systems 10. For the operation of the secondrisk-transfer system 12, second risk transfer parameters 511, . . . ,515 and correlated second payment transfer parameters 1221, . . . , 1225are generated by means of the central, expert-system based circuit 11and transmitted to the second risk-transfer system 12, wherein, in thecase of triggering the exceedance of a defined activation thresholdparameter 124 associated with the occurrence of the defined risk events61, . . . , 63, the occurred loss 71, . . . , 75 is at least partlycovered by the second insurance system 12 based on the second risktransfer parameters 511, . . . , 515 and correlated second paymenttransfer parameters 1221, . . . , 1225. For example, in the case oftriggering the exceedance of the defined activation threshold parameter124, the second risk-transfer system 12 is automatically activated bytransferring activation signaling by means of the system 1 to the secondinsurance system 12 covering, upon activation, said adopted portion ofrisk exposures 51, . . . , 55 accumulated by the first insurance system10. However, it is explicitly to be mentioned, that the presentinvention, as embodiment variant can be realized with a fixedactivation, i.e. without triggering an activation threshold. Thus, thepresent invention can be realized with a proportional or anon-proportional risk-transfer as coupling mechanism between the firstand second risk-transfer systems 10/12, wherein under proportionalrisk-transfer coupling, the second risk-transfer system 12 is activatedby means of the switching device 11 by a fixed percentage share of eachrisk transferred to the first risk-transfer system 10. Accordingly, thesecond risk-transfer system 12 receives that fixed payment transfer fromthe first risk-transfer system 10 by means of the second paymentparameters 1221, . . . , 1225. Under non-proportional risk-transfercoupling, the in the case of triggering the exceedance of a definedactivation threshold parameter 124 associated with the occurrence of thedefined risk events 61, . . . , 63, the occurred loss 71, . . . , 75 isat least partly covered by the second insurance system 12 based on thesecond risk transfer parameters 511, . . . , 515 and correlated secondpayment transfer parameters 1221, . . . , 1225. The activation thresholdcan be associated with each single loss occurred or on the accumulatedloss measured by means of the aggregated loss parameter 80. Thus, thenon-proportional coupling can be realized in an excess of loss or stoploss risk-transfer structure, wherein the excess of loss structure cane.g. be based on a Per Risk XL (Working XL), Per Occurrence/Per Event XL(Catastrophe or Cat XL), or Aggregate XL structure. The first and secondrisk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . ,1025/1221, . . . , 1225 are dynamically adapted and/or mutuallyoptimized by means of the machine-learning based telematics circuit 11based on the captured usage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/oroperational 33 automotive data 3 from the mobile telematics devices 401,. . . , 405 associated with the plurality of motor vehicles 41, . . . ,45 and based on the pooled risks 5 of the first risk transfer systems10. The machine-learning based telematics circuit 11 can comprises, forexample, an aggregation module providing the risk exposure 51, . . . ,55 for one or a plurality of the pooled risk exposed motor vehicles 41,. . . , 45 based on the captured risk-related automotive data 3, whereinthe first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . .. , 515 and the correlated first and second payment transfer parameters1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 are dynamically generated based onthe likelihood of the occurrence of the predefined risk events (61, . .. , 63) of the pooled autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45.

Concerning the non-proportional coupling of the first and secondrisk-transfer systems 10/12 of the system 1 by means of the switchingdevice 117 of the central, automotive circuit 11, the mentionedaggregation module 114 of the automotive car system 1 can e.g.automatically aggregate the captured loss parameters 80 of measuredoccurrence of risk events 61, . . . , 63 over all risk exposedautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45increments an associated stored aggregated loss parameter 81 within apredefined time period 1141 and automatically aggregates 81 the receivedand stored first payment parameters 1021, . . . , 1025 overall riskexposure components 41, . . . , 45 within the predefined time period1141 by incrementing an associated stored, aggregated payment parameter81, wherein the variable loss ratio parameter 82 dynamically isgenerated based upon the ratio of the aggregated loss parameter 80 andthe aggregated payment parameter 81, and wherein the first and secondrisk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . ,1025/1221, . . . , 1225 are dynamically generated based on thelikelihood of the occurrence of the predefined risk events 61, . . . ,63 of the pooled motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 and the variable lossratio parameter 82. As an embodiment variant, in case of triggering thevariable loss ratio parameter 82 exceeding a loss ratio threshold value821, the first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511,. . . , 515 and the correlated first and second payment transferparameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 are dynamically adaptedand/or optimized based on the likelihood of the occurrence of thepredefined risk events 61, . . . , 63 of the pooled motor vehicles 41, .. . , 45) and the variable loss ratio parameter 82. The triggering ofthe exceedance of the defined the activation threshold parameter 124 cane.g. be associated with triggered value of the accumulated occurrence ofmeasured risk events 61, . . . , 63. In all cases, the switching device117 of the central, expert-system based automotive circuit 11 generatesall necessary signaling and transmits the signaling to the first andsecond risk-transfer system 10/12 to electronically perform theswitching.

As another embodiment variant, the risk exposed motor vehicles 41, . . ., 45 can e.g. be connected to the first risk-transfer system 10transferring risk exposure 51, . . . , 55 associated with the occurrenceof defined risk events 61, . . . , 63 from the risk exposed autonomousor partially autonomous driving motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 to therisk-transfer insurance system 10 by means of dynamically adapted and/oroptimized first risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505 and correlateddynamically aligned first payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . ,1025, wherein the first risk-transfer system 10 is connected to thesecond insurance system 12 by transferring risk exposure 5 associatedwith the occurrence of the defined risk events 61, . . . , 63 from thefirst risk-transfer system 10 to the second risk-transfer system 12 bymeans of dynamically adapted and optimized second risk transferparameters 511, . . . , 515 and correlated dynamically aligned secondpayment transfer parameters 1221, . . . , 1225, and wherein, in the caseof the occurrence of one of the defined risk events 61, . . . , 63, lossparameters 711, . . . , 715/721, . . . , 725/731, . . . , 735 measuringthe loss 71, . . . , 75 at the risk exposed autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 are captured andtransmitted to the first insurance system 10, and wherein the occurredloss 71, . . . , 75 is automatically covered by the first insurancesystem 10 based on the optimized first risk transfer parameters 501, . .. , 505. In another variant, a loss 71, . . . , 75 associated with apredefined risk event 61, . . . , 63 and allocated to a pooled riskexposed motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 can e.g. be distinctly covered bythe automated resource pooling systems 101 of the first risk-transfersystem 10 via a transfer of payments from the first resource poolingsystem 101 to said risk exposed motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45, wherein asecond payment transfer from an automated second resource pooling system121 of the second risk-transfer system 12 to the first resource poolingsystem 101 is triggered via the generated activation signal based on themeasured actual loss 711, . . . , 715/721, . . . , 725/731, . . . , 735of the risk exposed autonomous motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45 by theautomotive car system 1. Otherwise, the loss 71, . . . , 75corresponding to the risk transferred to the second risk-transfer system12 can also be directly covered by the second resource pooling system121 through the transfer of resources from the second resource poolingsystem 121 to the concerned risk exposed motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45via the second payment transfer module 123.

To provide an even more dynamic reaction and adaptability of the system1, the central, expert-system based circuit 11 of the automotive carsystem 1 can e.g. comprise means for processing risk-related automotivedata 3 and for providing the likelihood of the occurrence of thepredefined risk events 61, . . . , 63 of the pooled autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 based onrisk-related automotive data 3, and wherein receipt and preconditionedstorage 102 of payments 1021, . . . , 1025 from the risk exposed motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45 for the pooling of their risks can dynamically,in particular in real-time, be determined based on total risk 5 and/orthe likelihood of the occurrence of the predefined risk events 61, . . ., 63 of the pooled motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. Further, therisk-related automotive data 3 can e.g. be processed by means of themachine-learning based circuit 11 and the likelihood of the occurrenceof the predefined risk events 61, . . . , 63 of the pooled autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 based on therisk-related automotive data 3 is generated, wherein receipt andpreconditioned storage 102 of payments 1221, . . . , 1225 from firstresource pooling system 101 to the second resource pooling system 121for the transfer of its risk can be dynamically determined based ontotal risk 5 and/or the likelihood of the occurrence of the predefinedrisk events 61, . . . , 63 of the pooled motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45.In particular, the number of pooled risk exposed motor vehicles 41, . .. , 45 can e.g. dynamically and/or in real-time be adapted via the firstinsurance system 10 by means of the expert-system based circuit 11 to arange where non-covariant occurring risks covered by the risk-transfersystem 10 affect only a relatively small proportion of the total pooledrisk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles41, . . . , 45 at any given time. The risk transfer from the firstrisk-transfer system 10 can also be dynamically adapted via the secondrisk-transfer system 12 by means of the expert-system based, automotivecircuit 11 to a range where non-covariant occurring risks covered by thesecond risk-transfer system 12 affect only a relatively small proportionof the total risk transferred from the first risk-transfer system 10 atany given time. In addition, the first and second risk transferparameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 and the correlated firstand second payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . ,1225 can e.g. be dynamically adapted by means of the machine-learningbased circuit 11 based on time-correlated incidence data for one or aplurality of risk events 61, . . . , 63. Finally, upon each triggeringof an occurrence of captured automotive data 3 or (or based upon the)parameters 611, . . . , 613/621, . . . , 623/631, . . . , 633 indicatinga risk event 61, . . . , 63 by means of the machine-learning basedcircuit 11, a total parametric payment is allocated with the triggering,wherein the total allocated payment is transferrable when the occurrencehas been triggered to the corresponding pooled risk exposed motorvehicle 41, . . . , 45 affected by the measured occurrence of said riskevent 61, . . . , 63.

The system 1 can e.g. be fully automated, in that, in the case of theoccurrence of one of defined risk events 61, . . . , 63, loss parameters711, . . . , 715/721, . . . , 725/731, . . . , 735 measuring the loss atthe risk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45 are automatically captured and transmitted tothe first insurance system 10, and wherein the occurred loss 71, . . . ,75 is automatically covered by the first insurance system 10. Further,the payment transfer can automatically be triggered and monitored,thereby influencing the operation of the system 1. For example, thesystem 1 can comprise a control device 1231 capturing each paymenttransfer from the first risk-transfer system 10 to the second paymenttransfer module 123, wherein the second risk-transfer system 12 of thesystem 1 is only activatable by triggering a payment transfer matching apredefined activation control parameter 1232.

For the dynamically adapted and/or dynamically optimized signaling ofthe first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . .. , 515 and the correlated first and second payment transfer parameters1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225, the machine-learning basedcircuit 11 comprises a score driving module 111 triggering andautomatically selecting score driving parameters 1111, . . . , 1113based on defined score driving behavior pattern 1121, . . . , 1123 bycomparing captured automotive data 3 with the defined score drivingbehavior pattern 1121, . . . , 1123. The data components of the scorecan inter alia comprise customer policy details, individual drivingdata, crash forensics data, credit scores, statistical driving data,historic claims data, market databases, driving license points (if notfully automated), statistical claims data, context data of weatherconditions, context data of road types and/or context data ofsurroundings, and operational safety and stability of the automotivecontrol circuit 461, . . . , 465. The scores can e.g. comprise drivingscore, aggregated score, pricing algorithms, automated vehicle safetyfeatures, usage and operation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems,and/or usage and operation of Autonomous Vehicle systems etc. The scoredriving module 111 provides automated real-time capturing score risks61, . . . , 63 according to the measured location or trip of theautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicle 41, . . . , 45based on the captured automotive data 3 of the autonomous controlcircuits 461, . . . , 465 associated with the motor vehicles 41, . . . ,45. This allows for real-time adaption of the first and second risktransfer parameters 501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 and the correlatedfirst and second payment transfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, .. . , 1225 according to the actual measured risks of the autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. Theautomotive car system 1 can comprise means for contextual dataprocessing to improve telematics scoring. This allows the system 1 tocompare automotive data (location, speed, acceleration, deceleration) tothe context and surrounding (e.g. weather, road types, surrounding,traffic, accidents ahead, road infrastructure, crossings, junctions,dangerous points, traffic rules, road safety classifications, drivingbehavior of other drivers, estimated likelihood of accidents on triproadways, position and/or behavior of surrounding vehicles). Further, itis a concept that enables using smartphone data more reliably to scorerisk. An example of contextual data is the vehicle speed compared tomaximum allowed speed and/or weather conditions. Driving too fast maynot be as much of a risk if surrounding vehicles adopt a similar speed.However, driving at the maximum allowed speed in bad weather conditions(e.g., fog) may present dangerous driving behavior. The score drivingmodule 111 further allows to capture and control the score drivingbehavior, and compare its behavior within the technical operation andcontext. It allows to automatically capture scores risks according tolocation or trip, and to automatically analyze and react on data relatedto the need of value added services, as e.g. accident notificationsand/or feedback to the driver and/or automated fleet risk reportingand/or automated and dynamically optimized underwriting etc.). Thetelematics based feedback means of the system may e.g. comprise adynamic alert feed via a data link to the motor vehicle's controlcircuit 461, . . . , 465 via the mobile telematics device 411, . . . ,415, wherein the the expert-system based automotive circuit 11 heads updevice alerts drivers 4115 immediately to a number of performancemeasures including e.g. high RPM, i.e. high revolutions per minute as ameasure of the frequency of the motor rotation of the motor vehicle'sengine, unsteady drive, unnecessary engine power, harsh acceleration,road anticipation, and/or ECO drive. Clearly, even the most experienceddrivers can benefit from having their driving behavior dynamicallyanalyzed and improved. The automotive car system 1 provides theopportunities for improvement dynamically and in real-time, i.e. as andwhen they happen, related to the driver's risk behavior. Providinginstant feedback to drivers through heads up training aids and getinformation sent straight to the automotive control circuit 461, . . . ,465, ensures, in case of not fully automated motor vehicles 41, . . . ,45 a two pronged approach to correcting risky (and often expensive)driving habits. Thus, the automotive car system 1 not only allows tomutually optimize the operational parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, .. . , 1225/501, . . . , 505/511, . . . , 515 of the first and secondrisk transfer system 10/12, but also optimize the risk and/or riskbehavior on the level of the risk exposed motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45.No prior art system allows such an integral, real-time optimization. Asanother value added service, the automotive car system 1 can e.g.dynamically generated fleet risk reports of selected autonomous orpartially autonomous motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. Such fleet reportsautomated generated by the automotive car system 1 provide a newapproach to share and compare driver statistics. Additional advantagesfollow as a direct effect of such reports, as automated rewardgeneration of top performers or identification of drivers who need extratraining, etc.

Further, the occurred and triggered losses 71, . . . , 75 can e.g. beautomatically aggregated by means of captured loss parameters 711, . . ., 715/721, . . . , 725/731, . . . , 735 of the measured occurrence ofrisk events 61, . . . , 63 over all risk exposed autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 within a predefinedtime period 1141) by incrementing an associated stored aggregated lossparameter (80) and for automatically aggregating 81 the received andstored first payment parameters 1021, . . . , 1025 over all risk exposedvehicles 41, . . . , 45 within the predefined time period 1141 byincrementing an associated stored, aggregated payment parameter 81, andwherein the variable first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . .. , 505/511, . . . , 515 and the correlated first and second paymenttransfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 dynamicallyare generated based upon the ratio of the aggregated loss parameter (80)and the aggregated payment parameter 81. In summary, the first andsecond risk-transfer system 10/12 can be automatically steered,triggered, signaled, and mutually activated based on thedynamic-adaptable first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . . ,505/511, . . . , 515 and the correlated first and second paymenttransfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 by means ofthe machine-learning based circuit 11, providing a self-sufficient riskprotection for the variable number of motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45associated with the mobile telematics devices 401, . . . , 405 by meansof the coupled first and second insurance system 10/12.

In addition to the triggered payment transfers, the machine-learningbased circuit 11 can e.g. comprise additional triggers 112/113triggering accident notifications and/or feedback to the driver and/orautomated fleet risk reporting and/or automated and dynamicallyoptimized underwriting and/or other added services based on the capturedautomotive data 3 of the mobile telematics devices 401, . . . , 405associated with the autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles 41, . . . , 45. This is already described in detail above.

As indicated in FIG. 4, the dynamically triggered system 1 includes thefirst and second data store or storing module 102, 122 for capturing therisk-related component data and multiple functional-based modules; e.g.,the payment transfer modules 103 and 123, the triggers 111, . . . , 113,or the aggregation module 114. The functional modules can be implementedat least partly as programmed software modules stored on a computerreadable medium, connected in a fixed or removable manner to theprocessors of the dynamically triggered system 1 or the associatedautomated systems 10,12. However, the functional modules may also berealized fully by means of hardware components, units and/orappropriately implemented modules. As illustrated in FIG. 1, thedynamically triggered system 1 and its components, in particular thefirst and second resource pooling systems 101, 121, the central,expert-system based circuit 11, the trigger 111, . . . , 113, themeasuring devices 401, . . . , 405, with the data transfer interfaces421, . . . , 425, the aggregation module 114, and the payment transfermodules 103, 123, can be connected by means of appropriate communicationmeans, in particular the mobile telematics devices 411, . . . , 415, viaa network 2, such as a telecommunications network or any other datatransmission network. The network 2 can include a hard-wired or wirelessnetwork; e.g., the Internet, a GSM network Global System for MobileCommunication, a UMTS network Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systemand/or a WLAN Wireless Local Region Network, and/or dedicatedpoint-to-point communication lines. In any case, the technicalelectronic money-related setup for the present system comprises adequatetechnical, organizational and procedural safeguards to prevent, containand detect threats to the security of the structure, particularlycounterfeiting threats. The resource pooling systems 101, 121furthermore comprise all of the necessary technical means for electronicmoney transfer and link-up association; e.g., as initiated by one ormore associated payment transfer modules 103, 123 via an electronicnetwork. The monetary parameters can be based on any possible electronicand transfer means, such as e-currency, e-money, electronic cash,electronic currency, digital money, digital cash, digital currency, orcyber currency, or crypto currency, or blockchain database as an exampleof a sequential transaction database (ledger) in the case of blockchainfound in cryptocurrencies derived from bitcoin, etc., which can only beexchanged electronically. The first and second payment data stores102/122 provide the means for associating and storing monetaryparameters associated with a single one of the pooled risk exposedautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles components 41,. . . , 45. The present invention can involve the use of theaforementioned networks, such as computer networks or telecommunicationnetworks, and/or the Internet and digital stored value systems.Electronic funds transfer EFT, direct deposit, digital gold currency andvirtual currency are further examples of electronic money modalities.Also, transfers can involve technologies such as financial cryptographyand technologies for enabling such transfers. For the transaction of themonetary parameters, it is preferable to use hard electronic currency,without the technical possibilities for disputing or reversing charges.The resource pooling systems 101, 121 for example support non-reversibletransactions. The advantage of this arrangement is that the operatingcosts of the electronic currency system are greatly reduced by nothaving to resolve payment disputes. However, this way, it is alsopossible for electronic currency transactions to clear instantly, makingthe funds available immediately to the systems 10, 12. This means thatusing hard electronic currency is rather akin to a cash transaction.However, it is also conceivable to use soft electronic currency, such ascurrency that allows for the reversal of payments, for example having a“clearing time” of 72 hours, or the like. The electronic monetaryparameter exchange method applies to all connected systems and modulesrelated to the resource pooling systems 101, 121 of the presentinvention, such as the first and second payment transfer modules 103,123. The monetary parameter transfer to the first and second resourcepooling system 101, 121 can be initiated by the payment transfer module103 and 123, respectively, or upon request by the related resourcepooling system 101 or 121.

Further, the system 1 can comprise a core engine comprising the riskevent triggers for triggering telematics measuring parameters in thedata flow pathway, e.g. of an on-board control system, of the assignedrisk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous motor vehicle 41, . . ., 45. The data flow pathway can for example be monitored by the system 1by means of data communication and interface means, in particular themobile telematics device 411, . . . , 415, that are connected to a dataflow pathway via the interfaces 421, . . . , 425; in particular, it canbe monitored by the expert-system based telematics circuit 11 and/or theautomotive control circuit 461, . . . , 465, thereby capturingcomponent-related measuring parameters of the data flow pathway at leastperiodically and/or within predefined time periods. According to onealternative embodiment, the data flow pathway can for example also bedynamically monitored by the dynamically triggered by the system 1, suchas by triggering telematics measuring parameters of the data flowpathway that are transmitted from the control circuit 461, . . . , 465or associated measuring devices and/or systems. By triggering the dataflow pathway, which comprises dynamically recorded telematics measuringparameters of the concerned risk exposed motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45,the system 1 is able to detect the occurrence of the predefined riskevents 61, . . . , 63 based on predefined trigger parameters.Furthermore, the system 1 can for example also dynamically monitordifferent stages during the progress of the impact of a risk event 61, .. . , 63 on the risk exposed autonomous or partially autonomous drivingmotor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 in order to provide appropriately adaptedand gradated risk protection for a specific risk exposed motor vehicles41, . . . , 45. Such a risk protection structure is based on receivedand stored payments 1021, . . . , 1025 from the related risk exposedmotor vehicles 41, . . . , 45 and/or related to the total risk exposure5 of the risk-transfer system 10, based on the overall transferred risksof all pooled risk exposed motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45.

To generate the dynamically adapted and/or optimized, in particular inreal-time adaption, first and second risk transfer parameters 501, . . ., 505/511, . . . , 515 and the correlated first and second paymenttransfer parameters 1021, . . . , 1025/1221, . . . , 1225 by means ofthe machine-learning based telematics circuit 11 based on the capturedusage-based 31 and/or user-based 32 and/or operational 323 automotivedata 3 from the control circuit 461, . . . , 465 associated with theplurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles41, . . . , 45, the system 1 comprises a machine-learning based expertdevice, i.e. the expert-system based automotive circuit 11. Theexpert-system or machine-learning structure can be dynamically realizedby a dynamically reacting realization of the central, automotive circuit11. However, the expert-system based or machine-learning structure mayalso be fixed in the system 1, whereas the machine-learning operation isperformed by external expert systems or the external expert knowledge,whereas the operation of the system 1 follows fixed data-processingsteps. I.e. in this embodiment variant, the system 1 itself is notmachine-learning based. Though, the present invention aims at anexpert-system based automotive car system, the invention can also beapplied to normal telematics circuits/systems (e.g. based onhuman-developed algorithms) as well.

The give an example for the location-depended determination of the riskof an autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicle 41, . . ., 45, the system 1 can e.g. comprise an automated extended database 116comprising location-depended data. By means of the database 116, thecentral, expert-system based, automotive circuit 11 is e.g. enabled toprovide an automated location-dependent forecasting of absolute andrelative risks e.g. for car accidents based on the captured automotivedata 3, especially the captured usage-based 31 and/or user-based 32and/or operational 33 data. By means of the central, automotive circuit11, data records of accident events are generated and location-dependentprobability values for specific accident conditions associated with therisk of car accident are determined. A spatial high-resolution grid 20with grid cells 201, . . . , 203 is generated over a geographical area 2of interest by means of the automotive circuit 11, as illustrated byFIG. 1. The grid cells 201, . . . , 203 can e.g. be associated with thecells of a cellular mobile network 2. The geographical area, e.g.covered by the cellular mobile network 2, includes at least a portion ofthe autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . ., 45 exposed to risks, e.g. accident risks. The grid cells 201, . . . ,203 of the grid 20 are selectable and data are assignable via theautomotive car system 1 by means of the database 116 to each cell 201, .. . , 203 of the grid 20, and data records representative of a grid cellare assigned to a year of occurrence or measurement and are saved in amemory module of the automotive circuit 11. The generation of thelocation and resolution of datasets is illustrated by the arrows fromthe database 116 to the grid cells 201, . . . , 203 in FIG. 1. Thisfigure shows an exemplary data extraction and grid generation. Theresolution can be adapted to dynamic triggered levels, e.g. cellularnetwork grid cells 20 or municipality or district grids (e.g. 4*4,10*10, 15*15 km grids). An appropriate quadtree can be generated bymeans of the automotive car system 1 and associated with the processingsteps by the system 1 from associated population density parameters. Foreach grid cell 201, . . . , 203, an ambient population density parametercan be captured by means of the system 1 and assigned to a generateddata record assigned to the corresponding grid cells 201, . . . , 203.Population density parameters can be captured for the geographical area2 of interest and customized weighting factors can be assigned in saidspatial high-resolution grid 20 accounting for the diverse patterns. Thepopulation density parameter can for example be extracted by means ofthe system 1 from aerial high-resolution data, for instance comprisingaerial images and/or aerophotos. In general, for the use of aerialhigh-resolution data of the present invention, the aerialhigh-resolution data can comprise aerial images and/or aerophotosmeasured by satellite and/or aircraft and/or aerostat or other measuringstations equipped with a balloon. The extraction of the populationdensity parameters can be based on measured interaction betweenpopulation density parameters and/or land use parameters and driving ortraffic patterns. To perform the extraction using the system 1, thesystem 1 can comprise variables that measure the interaction of land useand travel behavior, i.e., traffic patterns. However, for theextraction, population density is the primary quantifiable land usedescriptor variable. Population density parameters can be further usedby the system 1 to isolate area types (urban, second city, suburban,town and rural). Other variables that can relate to quantifying landuse, including residential density and work tract employment densityparameters, can also be comprised by the system 1. Further parametersand characteristics of the population or built environment such as race,age, income, and retail employment can further be used to weight landuse impacts across different population groups. For the extraction,greater population density can for example be associated with decreasingannual miles driven, greater bus availability, decreased dependency onsingle occupancy vehicles and increased use of transit. The privateautomobile is still the dominant mode of travel for most geographicalareas 2, although dependent on the social or ethnological background, insome geographical areas other modes of transportation are in generalmore likely to be use. Increasing population density is typicallyassociated with fewer person trips, fewer person miles traveled, andfewer person miles per trip. Residents of densely populated areas reportthe fewest vehicle trips, vehicle miles traveled, and vehicle miles pertrip. Less densely populated areas tend to have more drivers per adultand more vehicles per adult. For the determination of the customizedweighting factors, the cities tend to follow national averages withregard to several transportation parameters, for example, drivers peradult, vehicles per adult, percentage of persons working from home, andauto-dependency. Approximately 20% of smaller city residents go to workby a mode other than private automobile. Residents of smaller citiesreport the highest number of person trips of any area type. Persons insuburban areas make the next highest number of person trips. Typically,a high number of low-income residents live in second cities, which havelimited transit availability. For the extraction, the automotive carsystem 1 can for example also identify locational preferences ofspecific segments of the population. High-income households generallytend to be located in suburban areas, while middle-income households aremost often found in rural areas. Low-income households are generallyfound in urban or rural areas. Distance to work and travel time to workdecrease as the percentage of retail trade in an area increases. Urbanareas have the smallest percentage of residents working in census tractswith over 25% participation in retail trade. Smaller cities have thehighest percentage with 28.8% of residents working, where more than 25%of jobs are in retail trade. Retail employment and employment density atthe work census tract have some measurable correlations to travelbehavior. At the home block group, increasing housing density isassociated with greater transit availability and closer proximity totransit. Bicycle and walking trips increase as residential densityincreases. Increasing residential density is also associated withincreasing employment density. At residential densities between 100 and1,499 housing units per square mile, people are less likely to work atjobs with no fixed workplace. Low residential density areas have thelargest percentage of people working at home. Thus, in summary,residential density parameters, retail employment, income, area type,and population density parameters all provide important descriptors ordrivers for transportation behavior and policy implementation and arerelated to linking land use to transportation choices and behavior,wherein the data extraction by the system 1 for the ambient populationdensity parameter and the customized weighting factors is based uponsaid measured variables. Note, that both the travel demand and supplycharacteristics of urban areas clearly differ from those of highways.Therefore, an analysis of highway traffic patterns and associateddynamics cannot be directly translated to the urban situation. Onedifference between urban traffic and highway traffic is that on theurban road network, multiple traffic modes coexist and interact, forinstance pedestrians, bicycles, cars, buses, trucks, whereas highwaysare mainly used by cars and trucks.

The above example shows the machine-learning structure based on thelocation-specific traffic behavior. Analogously, the other capturedautomotive data 3 are processed by the central, expert-system basedcircuit 11 providing their appropriately weighted risk-contribution. Foreach of the various risk contributions, the database 115 comprisehistorical data allowing to extract and generate the weighted riskcontributions.

Finally, it is important to note that the present invention relates toan automotive based risk-transfer system 1 with autonomous drivingcontrol circuits 461, . . . , 465 connected to mobile telematics devices411, . . . , 415 associated with a plurality of autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles 41, . . . , 45. However, the inventioncan be applied to a telematics based risk-transfer system for connectedmotor vehicles, as e.g. cars, connected homes, connected factories,connected offices, and/or connected health/life by means of telematicsdevices 411, . . . , 415.

1. An automotive car system, comprising: a plurality of autonomous orpartially autonomous driving motor vehicles, including: exteroceptivesensors or measuring devices configured to sense environmentalparameters, the environmental parameters including at least distances toobjects, intensity of an ambient light, or sound amplitude;proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices configured to senseoperating parameters of the motor vehicles, the operating parametersincluding at least a motor speed, wheel load, heading, or battery statusof the motor vehicles; automotive control systems configured toidentifying appropriate navigation paths, obstacles, or relevant signageby interpreting sensory data of the exteroceptive and proprioceptivesensors or measuring devices; and telematics devices with one or morewireless connections or wired connections between the automotive controlsystems and an external system, the telematics devices having aplurality of interlaces for connection with at least one of a vehicle'sdata transmission bus or a plurality of interfaces for connection withthe exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices; afirst risk-transfer system configured to provide a first risk-transferbased on first risk transfer parameters from at least some of the motorvehicles to the first risk-transfer system, the first risk-transfersystem including a plurality of payment transfer modules configured toreceive and store first payment parameters associated with risk-transferof risk exposures of the motor vehicles for pooling of risks of themotor vehicles; and a second risk-transfer system configured to providea second risk-transfer based on second risk-transfer parameters from thefirst risk-transfer system to the second risk-transfer system, thesecond risk-transfer system including second payment transfer modulesconfigured to receive and store second payment parameters associatedwith risk exposures transferred to the first risk-transfer systems forpooling of risks of the first risk-transfer system, wherein theautonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles or theautomotive control systems are connected to a central, expert-systembased circuit through the telematics devices, a data link between thecentral, expert-system based circuit and the motor vehicles being basedon the wireless connections, the motor vehicles transmitting at leastusage-based, user-based, or operating automotive data via the telematicsdevices to the central, expert-system based circuit, the usage-based,user-based, or operational automotive data being based on the sensorydata of the exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors or measuringdevices or operating parameters of the automotive control systems,risk-related automotive data captured from the transmitted automotivedata of the motor vehicles are processed by the central, expert-systembased circuit, the first risk transfer parameters and correlated firstpayment transfer parameters being generated by the central,expert-system based circuit and transmitted to the first risk-transfersystem, and, in the case of triggering the occurrence of one of definedrisk events associated with the transferred risk exposure of the motorvehicles, occurred loss being automatically covered by the firstrisk-transfer system based on the first risk transfer parameters andcorrelated first payment transfer parameters, second risk transferparameters and correlated second payment transfer parameters aregenerated by the central, expert-system based circuit and transmitted tothe second risk-transfer system, the occurred loss being at least partlycovered by the second risk-transfer system based on the second risktransfer parameters and correlated second payment transfer parameters,and the first and second risk transfer parameters and the correlatedfirst and second payment transfer parameters are dynamically adapted oroptimized by the central, expert-system based circuit based on theusage-based, user-based, or operational automotive data captured fromthe plurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motorvehicles and based on the pooled risks of the first risk-transfersystems.
 2. The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein atleast one of the automotive control systems at least measures a level ofautomation of the car driving or the activation of autonomous drivingsupport of the corresponding motor vehicle, and transmits the measuredlevel of automation of the car driving or the activation of autonomousdriving support of the corresponding motor vehicle as part of theautomotive data via the mobile telematics devices to the central,expert-system based circuit.
 3. The automotive car system according toclaim 2, wherein the generated first and second risk transfer parametersand correlated first and second payment transfer parameters at leastdepend on the measured level of automation of the car driving and/oractivation of autonomous driving support of the corresponding motorvehicle.
 4. The automotive car system according to claim 3, wherein thefirst and second risk transfer parameters and correlated first andsecond payment transfer parameters generated by the central,expert-system based circuit at least depend on the activation ofautonomous driving support of the corresponding motor vehicle inrelation to contextual or environmental data of the transmittedautomotive data, impact of the activation of a specific autonomousdriving support to the generated parameters depending on simultaneousmeasured, time-dependent contextual data of the transmitted automotivedata.
 5. The automotive car system according to claim 4, wherein saidsimultaneous measured, time-dependent contextual or environmental dataof the transmitted automotive data at least comprise measured weathercondition parameters or location coordinate parameters.
 6. Theautomotive car system according to claim 4, wherein a time-dependentcontextual score parameter is measured based on the contextual orenvironmental data of the transmitted automotive data, acar-manufacturer score parameter for each activated autonomous drivingsupport of the specific motor vehicle is determined, thecar-manufacturer score parameters are determined based on performance,efficiency, or quality measurements of the activated autonomous drivingsupport of the corresponding motor vehicle, and the first and secondrisk transfer parameters and correlated first and second paymenttransfer parameters generated by the central, expert-system basedcircuit at least depend on the measured contextual score parameters andthe car-manufacturer score parameters.
 7. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein the defined risk events associated withtransferred risk exposure of the motor vehicles at least comprisetransferred risk exposure related to liability risk-transfers fordamages, losses, or delay in delivery, and the occurred loss isautomatically covered by the first risk-transfer system based on thefirst risk transfer parameters and correlated first payment transferparameters.
 8. The automotive car system according to claim 1, whereinthe central, expert-system based circuit comprises a table includingcategorization trigger parameters for triggering a predefined level ofautomation of the motor vehicles applied by the autonomous controlsystems of the motor vehicles, the first and second risk transferparameters and the correlated first or second payment transferparameters are dynamically adapted or accumulated by the central,expert-system based circuit based on the triggered categorization of themotor vehicles during usage and based upon the usage-based, user-based,or operational automotive data captured from the plurality of motorvehicles.
 9. The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein theexteroceptive sensors or measuring devices comprise at least radardevices for monitoring surrounding of the motor vehicle, light detectionand ranging (LIDAR) devices for monitoring surrounding of the motorvehicle, global positioning systems or vehicle tracking devices formeasuring positioning parameters of the motor vehicle, odometricaldevices for complementing and improving the positioning parametersmeasured by the global positioning systems or vehicle tracking devices,computer vision devices or video cameras for monitoring the surroundingof the motor vehicle, or ultrasonic sensors for measuring the positionof objects close to the motor vehicle.
 10. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein for providing the wireless connection, atleast one of the telematics devices acts as a wireless node within acorresponding data transmission network through antenna connections ofthe at least one of the telematics devices.
 11. The automotive carsystem according to claim 1, wherein the autonomous control systems ofthe motor vehicles for autonomous motor vehicle driving is connected toan on-board diagnostic system, an in-car interactive device, or amonitoring cellular mobile node application, and the autonomous controlsystems capture usage-based, (31) and/or user-based, or automotive dataof the motor vehicles or user.
 12. The automotive car system accordingto claim 1, wherein the central, expert-system based circuit comprisesan aggregation module providing the risk exposure for one or a pluralityof the pooled risk exposed motor vehicles based on the capturedrisk-related automotive data, and the first and second risk transferparameters and the correlated first and second payment transferparameters are dynamically generated based on likelihood of theoccurrence of the predefined risk events of the pooled driving motorvehicles.
 13. The automotive car system according to claim 1, whereinoccurred and triggered losses are automatically aggregated based oncaptured loss parameters of the measured occurrence of risk events overall risk exposed motor vehicles within a predefined time period byincrementing an associated stored aggregated loss parameter, thereceived and stored first payment parameters over all risk exposed motorvehicles are automatically aggregated within the predefined time periodby incrementing an associated stored, aggregated payment parameter, andthe variable first and second risk transfer parameters and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters are dynamicallygenerated based upon a ratio of the aggregated loss parameter and theaggregated payment parameter.
 14. The automotive car system according toclaim 1, wherein the first and second risk-transfer system areautomatically steered, triggered, signaled, and mutually activated basedon the dynamic-adaptable first and second risk transfer parameters andthe correlated first and second payment transfer parameters by thecentral, expert-system based circuit, providing a self-sufficient riskprotection for the variable number of the motor vehicles associated withthe telematics devices by the coupled first and second risk transfersystems.
 15. The automotive car system according to claim 14, whereinthe first risk-transfer system comprises an automated first resourcepooling system, the second risk-transfer system comprises an automatedsecond resource pooling system, the risk exposed autonomous motorvehicles are connected to the first resource pooling system through aplurality of payment transfer modules configured to receive and storefirst payments from the risk exposed motor vehicles for the pooling oftheir risk exposures, the first risk-transfer system provides automatedrisk protection for each of the connected risk exposed motor vehiclesbased on received and stored first payment parameters, the firstrisk-transfer system is connected to the second resource pooling systemthrough second payment transfer modules configured to receive and storesecond payment parameters from the first risk-transfer system foradopting of a portion of the risk exposures accumulated by the firstrisk-transfer system, and in the case of the occurrence of one ofdefined risk events the occurred loss is automatically covered by theautomotive car system.
 16. The automotive car system according to claim1, wherein the central, expert-system based circuit comprises a scoredriving module triggering and automatically selecting scores drivingparameters based on defined autonomous scores driving behavior patternby comparing captured automotive data with the defined autonomous scoresdriving behavior pattern.
 17. The automotive car system according toclaim 16, wherein the score driving module automatically captures scoresrisks according to the measured location or trip of the motor vehiclesbased on the captured automotive data of the control system forautonomous motor vehicle driving associated with the motor vehicles. 18.The automotive car system according to claim 16, wherein the scoredriving module automatically captures scores risks according to ameasured maintenance and surveillance factor extracted from theautomotive data associated with the autonomous driving motor vehicle orthe control systems or the use of active safety features.
 19. Theautomotive car system according to claim 1, wherein the central,expert-system based circuit comprises additional triggers triggeringaccident notification or other added services based on the capturedautomotive data associated with the motor vehicles.
 20. The automotivecar system according to claim 1, wherein the telematics devices providethe one or more wireless connections through a radio data system (RDS)modules, a positioning system including a satellite receiving module, amobile telephone including a digital radio service module, or a languageunit in communication the radio data system or the positioning system orthe cellular telephone module.
 21. The automotive car system accordingto claim 20, wherein the satellite receiving module comprises a GlobalPositioning System (GPS) circuit, or the digital radio service modulecomprises at least a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) unit.22. The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein theplurality of interfaces for connection with at least one of a motorvehicle's data transmission bus comprises at least one interface forconnection with a motor vehicle's Controller Area Network (CAN) bus. 23.The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein at least one ofthe automotive control systems or at least some of the telematicsdevices comprise secured storage for saving processor-driving operationcode and flash memory for reading and capturing of the automotive data.24. The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein at leastsome of the automotive data are captured by sensors including at leastan accelerometer to measure the motor vehicle's g-force duringacceleration, braking, and cornering or a global positioning system(GPS) to record location data and to calculate driving distances. 25.The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein at least some ofthe telematics devices comprise a cellular modem to transmit theautomotive data from the control systems for autonomous motor vehicledriving through the telematics device to the central, expert-systembased circuit.
 26. The automotive car system according to claim 1,wherein at least one of the automotive control systems is connected toan on-board diagnostic (OBD) system monitoring the vehicle's systems orsubsystems.
 27. The automotive car system according to claim 26, whereinat least one of the automotive control systems, connected to theon-board diagnostic (OBD) system of the corresponding motor vehicle, isconnected by plugging in a data transmission wire into an appropriateport of the on-board diagnostic system.
 28. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein at least one of the automotive controlsystems is connected to an in-car interactive device, the vehicle'sspeed and travel distances being monitored by a global positioningsystem (GPS) circuit and the automotive data being transmitted via thetelematics device to the central, expert-system based circuit through acellular telecommunication connection.
 29. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein at least one of the automotive controlsystems comprises a speaker and a voice connection from the central,expert-system based circuit or the first or second risk-transfer systemto the at least one of the automotive control systems thereby providingreal-time services to the user of the corresponding motor vehicle ontheir driving pattern or other usage-based, user-based, or operatingparameters.
 30. The automotive car system according to claim 1, whereinat least some of the automotive control systems are connected to mobilephone applications, the associated mobile phone comprises a globalpositioning system (GPS) circuit or is configured to perform mobilenetwork triangulation providing monitoring of travel speed, frequency oftravel, location, and driving style, and the mobile phone's networkconnection are used to transmit the captured automotive data to thecentral, expert-system based circuit.
 31. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein, in the case of triggering the exceedanceof the defined activation threshold parameter, the second risk-transfersystem is automatically activated by transferring activation signalingto the second risk-transfer system covering, upon activation, saidadopted portion of risk exposures accumulated by the first risk-transfersystem.
 32. The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein, inthe case of triggering the occurrence of a loss based upon captured lossparameters of measured predefined event, the second risk-transfer systemis automatically activated by transferring activation signaling to thesecond risk-transfer system covering, upon activation, a predefinedportion of the occurred loss at the first risk-transfer system.
 33. Theautomotive car system according to claim 1, wherein the aggregationmodule of the automotive car system automatically aggregates capturedloss parameters of measured occurrence of risk events over all riskexposed, the motor vehicles increment an associated stored aggregatedloss parameter within a predefined time period and automaticallyaggregates the received and stored first payment parameters over allrisk exposure components within the predefined time period byincrementing an associated stored, aggregated payment parameter, thevariable loss ratio parameter is dynamically generated based upon theratio of the aggregated loss parameter and the aggregated paymentparameter, and the first and second risk transfer parameters and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters are dynamicallygenerated based on likelihood of the occurrence of the predefined riskevents of the pooled motor vehicles and the variable loss ratioparameter.
 34. The automotive car system according to claim 33, wherein,by triggering the variable loss ratio parameter exceeding a loss ratiothreshold value, the first and second risk transfer parameters and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters are dynamicallyadapted based on the likelihood of the occurrence of the predefined riskevents of the pooled motor vehicles and the variable loss ratioparameter.
 35. The automotive car system according to claim 1, whereinthe triggering the exceedance of the defined activation thresholdparameter is associated with triggered value of the accumulatedoccurrence of measured risk events.
 36. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein the risk exposed motor vehicles areconnected to the first risk-transfer system transferring risk exposureassociated with the occurrence of defined risk events from the riskexposed motor vehicles to the risk-transfer insurance system based ondynamically adapted and optimized first risk transfer parameters andcorrelated dynamically aligned first payment transfer parameters, thefirst risk-transfer system is connected to the second risk-transfersystem by transferring risk exposure associated with the occurrence ofthe defined risk events from the first risk-transfer system to thesecond risk-transfer system based on dynamically adapted and optimizedsecond risk transfer parameters and correlated dynamically alignedsecond payment transfer parameters, in the case of the occurrence of oneof the defined risk events, loss parameters measuring the loss at therisk exposed motor vehicles are captured and transmitted to the firstrisk-transfer system, and the occurred loss is automatically covered bythe first risk-transfer system based on the optimized first risktransfer parameters.
 37. The automotive car system according to claim36, wherein in the case of the occurrence of one of defined risk events,loss parameters measuring the loss at the risk exposed autonomous motorvehicles are automatically captured and transmitted to the firstrisk-transfer system, and the occurred loss is automatically covered bythe first risk-transfer system.
 38. The automotive car system accordingto claim 1, further comprising a control device configured to capture apayment transfer from the first risk-transfer system to the secondpayment transfer module, wherein the second risk-transfer system of thesystem is only activatable by triggering a payment transfer matching apredefined activation control parameter.
 39. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein a loss associated with a predefined riskevent and allocated to a pooled risk exposed motor vehicles isdistinctly covered by an automated first resource pooling system of thefirst risk-transfer system via a transfer of payments from the firstresource pooling system a corresponding risk exposed motor vehicle, anda second payment transfer from an automated second resource poolingsystem of the second risk-transfer system to the first resource poolingsystem is triggered via the generated activation signal based on themeasured actual loss of the corresponding risk exposed motor vehicle bythe automotive car system.
 40. The automotive car system according toclaim 39, wherein the loss corresponding to the risk transferred to thesecond risk-transfer system is directly covered by the second resourcepooling system through the transfer of resources from the secondresource pooling system to the corresponding risk exposed motor vehiclevia the second payment transfer module.
 41. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein said central, expert-system based circuitof the automotive car system is configured to process risk-relatedautomotive data and provide likelihood of the occurrence of thepredefined risk events of the pooled motor vehicles based onrisk-related automotive data, and receipt and preconditioned storage ofpayments from the risk exposed motor vehicles for the pooling of therisks of the risk exposed motor vehicles are dynamically determinedbased on total risk or likelihood of the occurrence of the predefinedrisk events of the pooled motor vehicles.
 42. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein risk-related automotive data are processedby the central, expert-system based circuit, likelihood of theoccurrence of the predefined risk events of the pooled motor vehicles isgenerated based on the risk-related automotive data, and receipt andpreconditioned storage of payments from a first resource pooling systemassociated with the first risk-transfer system to a second resourcepooling system associated with the second risk-transfer system for thetransfer of risk are dynamically determined based on total risk or thelikelihood of the occurrence of the predefined risk events of the pooledmotor vehicles.
 43. The automotive car system according to claim 1,wherein the number of pooled risk exposed motor vehicles is dynamicallyadapted via the first risk-transfer system by the central, expert-systembased circuit to a range where non-covariant occurring risks covered bythe first risk-transfer system affect only a relatively small proportionof the total pooled risk exposed driving motor vehicles at any giventime.
 44. The automotive car system according to claim 1, wherein therisk transfer from the first risk-transfer system is dynamically adaptedvia the second risk-transfer system by the central, expert-system basedcircuit to a range where non-covariant occurring risks covered by thesecond risk-transfer system affect only a relatively small proportion ofthe total risk transferred from the first risk-transfer system at anygiven time.
 45. The automotive car system according to claim 1, whereinthe first and second risk transfer parameters and the correlated firstand second payment transfer parameters are dynamically adapted thecentral, expert-system based circuit based on time-correlated incidencedata for one or a plurality of risk events.
 46. The automotive carsystem according to claim 1, wherein upon each triggering of anoccurrence of captured automotive data or parameters indicating a riskevent by the central, expert-system based circuit, a total parametricpayment is allocated with the triggering, and the total allocatedpayment is transferrable when the occurrence has been triggered to thecorresponding pooled risk exposed driving motor vehicle affected by themeasured occurrence of said risk event.
 47. The automotive car systemaccording to claim 1, wherein, in the case of triggering the exceedanceof a defined activation threshold parameter associated with theoccurrence of the defined risk events or as a predefined portion of anoccurred loss, the occurred loss is at least partly covered by thesecond risk-transfer system based on the second risk transfer parametersand correlated second payment transfer parameters.
 48. The automotivecar system according to claim 1, wherein the automotive car system withthe control systems for autonomous motor vehicle driving is amachine-learning based automotive car system.
 49. An automotive carsystem, comprising a plurality of autonomous or partially autonomousdriving motor vehicles, including: exteroceptive sensors or measuringdevices configured to sense environmental parameters, the environmentalparameters including at least distances to objects, intensity of anambient light, or sound amplitude; proprioceptive sensors or measuringdevices configured to sense operating parameters of the motor vehicles,the operating parameters including at least a motor speed, wheel load,heading, or battery status of the motor vehicles; and an automotivecontrol system configured to identify appropriate navigation paths,obstacles, or relevant signage by interpreting sensory data of theexteroceptive sensors or measuring devices and the proprioceptivesensors or measuring devices; one or more first risk-transfer systemsconfigured to provide a first risk-transfer based on first risk transferparameters from at least some of the motor vehicles to the firstrisk-transfer system, at least one of the one or more firstrisk-transfer systems including a plurality of payment transfer modulesconfigured to receive and store first payment associated withrisk-transfer of risk exposures of said motor vehicles for pooling ofrisks of the motor vehicles; and a second risk-transfer systemconfigured-to provide a second risk-transfer based on secondrisk-transfer parameters from the one or more of the first risk-transfersystems to the second risk-transfer system, the second risk-transfersystem including second payment transfer modules configured to receiveand store second payment parameters associated with risk exposurestransferred to the first risk-transfer systems for pooling of risks ofthe one or more first risk-transfer systems, wherein the motor vehiclesor the automotive control systems are connected to a central,expert-system based circuit through a data link transmitting at leastusage-based, user-based, or operating automotive data to the central,expert-system based circuit, the usage-based, user-based, or operationalautomotive data are based on the sensory data of the exteroceptive andproprioceptive sensors or measuring devices or operating parameters ofthe automotive control system, risk-related automotive data capturedfrom the motor vehicles are processed by the central, expert-systembased circuit, the first risk transfer parameters and correlated firstpayment transfer parameters being generated by the central,expert-system based circuit and transmitted to the one or more firstrisk-transfer systems, and, in the case of triggering the occurrence ofone of defined risk events associated with transferred risk exposure ofthe motor vehicles, the occurred loss being automatically covered by theone or more first risk-transfer systems based on the first risk transferparameters and correlated first payment transfer parameters, the secondrisk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transferparameters are generated by the central, expert-system based circuit andtransmitted to the second risk-transfer system, the occurred loss beingat least partly covered by the second risk-transfer system based on thesecond risk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transferparameters, and the first and second risk transfer parameters and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters are dynamicallyadapted or optimized by the central, expert-system based circuit basedon the usage-based, user-based, or operational automotive data capturedfrom the plurality of autonomous or partially autonomous motor vehiclesand based on the pooled risks of the one or more first risk transfersystems.
 50. An automotive method for an automotive car system, themethod comprising: sensing environmental parameters by exteroceptivesensors or measuring devices of a plurality of autonomous or partiallyautonomous driving motor vehicles, the environmental parametersincluding distances to objects, intensity of an ambient light, or soundamplitude; sensing operating parameters by proprioceptive sensors ormeasuring devices of the plurality of autonomous or partially autonomousdriving motor vehicles, the operating parameters including a motorspeed, wheel load, heading, or battery status of the motor vehicles;identifying appropriate navigation paths, obstacles, or relevant signageby interpreting sensory data of the exteroceptive and proprioceptivesensors or measuring devices for autonomous or partially autonomousdriving of the motor vehicles; transmitting at least usage-based,user-based, or operating autonomous data via telematics devices to acentral, expert-system based circuit, the usage-based, user-based, oroperational automotive data being based on the sensory data of theexteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices oroperating parameters of the automotive control system; providing a firstrisk-transfer by one or more automated first risk-transfer systems basedon first risk transfer parameters from at least some of the motorvehicles to the one or more first risk-transfer systems, wherein atleast one of the first risk-transfer systems includes a plurality ofpayment transfer modules configured to receive and store first paymentparameters associated with risk-transfer of risk exposures of said motorvehicles for pooling of risks of the motor vehicles; processingrisk-related automotive data captured from the motor by the central,expert-system based circuit, first risk transfer parameters andcorrelated first payment transfer parameters being generated by thecentral, expert-system based circuit and transmitted to the one or morefirst risk-transfer system, and, in the case of triggering theoccurrence of one of defined risk events associated with transferredrisk exposure of the motor vehicles, the occurred loss beingautomatically covered by the one or more first risk-transfer systemsbased on the first risk transfer parameters and correlated first paymenttransfer parameters; and providing a second risk-transfer by anautomated second risk-transfer system based on second risk-transferparameters from the one or more of the first risk-transfer systems tothe second risk-transfer system, the second risk-transfer systemincluding second payment transfer modules configured to receive andstore second payment parameters associated with risk exposurestransferred to the one or more first risk-transfer systems for poolingof risks of the one or more first risk-transfer systems; wherein secondrisk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transferparameters are generated by the central, expert-system based circuit andtransmitted to the second risk-transfer system, the occurred loss beingat least partly covered by the second insurance system based on thesecond risk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transferparameters, and the first and second risk transfer parameters and thecorrelated first and second payment transfer parameters are dynamicallyadapted or optimized by the central, expert-system based circuit basedon the usage-based, user-based, or operational automotive data capturedfrom the plurality of autonomous or partially autonomous motor vehiclesand based on the pooled risks of the one or more first risk transfersystems.
 51. A system comprising: a first risk-transfer systemconfigured to provide a first risk-transfer based on first risk-transferparameters from a plurality of motor vehicles to the first risk-transfersystem, and receive and store first payment parameters associated withrisk exposures of the plurality of motor vehicles; a secondrisk-transfer system configured to provide a second risk-transfer basedon second risk-transfer parameters from the first risk-transfer systemto the second risk-transfer system, and receive and store second paymentparameters associated with risk exposures transferred to the firstrisk-transfer systems; and an expert-system based circuit configured toreceive environmental parameters and operating parameters from theplurality of motor vehicles, the operating parameters being based onsensory data of exteroceptive sensors of the plurality of motorvehicles, and the environmental parameters being based on sensory dataof proprioceptive sensors of the plurality of motor vehicles, adjust thefirst risk transfer parameters and correlated first payment transferparameters, and adjust the second risk transfer parameters andcorrelated second payment transfer parameters, wherein the first andsecond risk transfer parameters and the correlated first and secondpayment transfer parameters are dynamically adjusted by theexpert-system based circuit based on the environmental parameters oroperating parameters received from the plurality of motor vehicles andbased on pooled risks of the first risk-transfer system.